Use After Free Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <52.3.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.62% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE37-FIREFOXESR-467904
  • published22 Sept 2019
  • disclosed22 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Sep 2019

CVE-2017-7802  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.7 firefox-esr to version 52.3.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when manipulating the DOM during the resize event of an image element. If these elements have been freed due to a lack of strong references, a potentially exploitable crash may occur when the freed elements are accessed. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.