Use After Free Affecting librewolf package, versions <70.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.78% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-LIBREWOLF-8487248
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed8 Jan 2020

Introduced: 8 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-11757  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 librewolf to version 70.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream librewolf package and not the librewolf package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

When following the value's prototype chain, it was possible to retain a reference to a locale, delete it, and subsequently reference it. This resulted in a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 70, Thunderbird < 68.2, and Firefox ESR < 68.2.

CVSS Scores

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