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CVE-2017-7800

CRITICAL

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. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

Published: Jun 11, 2018 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-416

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (18)

Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
redhat enterprise_linux 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.3
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.3
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.4
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.5
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
mozilla firefox * < 55.0
mozilla firefox * < 52.3.0
mozilla thunderbird * < 52.3.0

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-62m9-5728-5g74

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in WebSockets when the object holding the connection is...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 3.00%

Top 14% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 40.1 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub