Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 57.0.2

#CVE-2017-7845: Buffer overflow when drawing and validating elements with ANGLE library using Direct 3D 9

Reporter

Omair

Impact

critical

Description

A buffer overflow occurs when drawing and validating elements using Direct 3D 9 with the ANGLE graphics library, used for WebGL content. This is due to an incorrect value being passed within the library during checks and results in a potentially exploitable crash.
Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.

References

• Bug 1402372