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Mozilla Firefox ESR < 52.5

🗓️ 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Firefox ESR older than 52.5 on mac has memory safety bugs, use-after-free, and cross origin exposure.

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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 mfsa2017-25.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
## 

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(275703);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/18");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-7826", "CVE-2017-7828", "CVE-2017-7830");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2017-A-0330-S");

  script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox ESR < 52.5");

  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 52.5. It is, therefore, affected
by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2017-25 advisory.

  - Mozilla developers and community members Christian Holler, David Keeler, Jon Coppeard, Julien Cristau, Jan
    de Mooij, Jason Kratzer, Philipp, Nicholas Nethercote, Oriol Brufau, Andr Bargull, Bob Clary, Jet
    Villegas, Randell Jesup, Tyson Smith, Gary Kwong, and Ryan VanderMeulen reported memory safety bugs
    present in Firefox 56 and Firefox ESR 52.4. 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-2017-7826)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when flushing and resizing layout because the
    <code>PressShell</code> object has been freed while still in use. This results in a potentially
    exploitable crash during these operations. (CVE-2017-7828)

  - The Resource Timing API incorrectly revealed navigations in cross-origin iframes. This is a same-origin
    policy violation and could allow for data theft of URLs loaded by users. (CVE-2017-7830)

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/mfsa2017-25/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 52.5 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:U/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:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-7826");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-7828");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/11/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/11/14");
  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": "52.5"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
};

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
8.1High risk
Vulners AI Score8.1
CVSS 39.8
CVSS 210
EPSS0.28905
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