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Mozilla Firefox ESR < 52.3

🗓️ 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Firefox ESR below 52.3 on macOS has memory safety flaws that could allow code execution.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
## 
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#                                  
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory mfsa2017-19.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
## 

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(275642);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/18");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2017-7753",
    "CVE-2017-7779",
    "CVE-2017-7782",
    "CVE-2017-7784",
    "CVE-2017-7785",
    "CVE-2017-7786",
    "CVE-2017-7787",
    "CVE-2017-7791",
    "CVE-2017-7792",
    "CVE-2017-7798",
    "CVE-2017-7800",
    "CVE-2017-7801",
    "CVE-2017-7802",
    "CVE-2017-7803",
    "CVE-2017-7804",
    "CVE-2017-7807",
    "CVE-2017-7809"
  );
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2017-A-0244-S");

  script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox ESR < 52.3");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 52.3. It is, therefore, affected
by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2017-19 advisory.

  - Mozilla developers and community members Masayuki Nakano, Gary Kwong, Ronald Crane, Andrew McCreight,
    Tyson Smith, Bevis Tseng, Christian Holler, Bryce Van Dyk, Dragana Damjanovic, Kartikaya Gupta, Philipp,
    Tristan Bourvon, and Andi-Bogdan Postelnicu reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 54 and Firefox
    ESR 52.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort
    that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7779)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when an editor DOM node is deleted prematurely during tree
    traversal while still bound to the document. This results in a potentially exploitable crash.
    (CVE-2017-7809)

  - The Developer Tools feature suffers from a XUL injection vulnerability due to improper sanitization of the
    web page source code. In the worst case, this could allow arbitrary code execution when opening a
    malicious page with the style editor tool. (CVE-2017-7798)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in WebSockets when the object holding the connection is freed
    before the disconnection operation is finished. This results in an exploitable crash. (CVE-2017-7800)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while re-computing layout for a <code>marquee</code> element
    during window resizing where the updated style object is freed while still in use. This results in a
    potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2017-7801)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 52.3 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-7779");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-7809");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/08/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/08/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/11/18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("macosx_firefox_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Mozilla Firefox ESR");

  exit(0);
}

include('vdf.inc');

# @tvdl-content-verify-only
var vuln_data = {
  "metadata": {
    "spec_version": "1.0"
  },
  "requires": [
    {
      "scope": "target",
      "match": {
        "os": "macos"
      }
    }
  ],
  "checks": [
    {
      "product": {
        "name": "Mozilla Firefox ESR",
        "type": "app"
      },
      "check_algorithm": "default",
      "constraints": [
        {
          "min_version": "52.0.0",
          "fixed_version": "52.3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
};

var vdf_result = vdf::check_and_report(vuln_data:vuln_data, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
vdf::handle_check_and_report_errors(vdf_result:vdf_result);

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18 Nov 2025 00:00Current
8.2High risk
Vulners AI Score8.2
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