Use After Free Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <52.7.3esr-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.46% (76th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-FIREFOXESR-354732
- published 11 Jun 2018
- disclosed 11 Jun 2018
Introduced: 11 Jun 2018
CVE-2018-5148 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
firefox-esr
to version 52.7.3esr-1 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 Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in the compositor during certain graphics operations when a raw pointer is used instead of a reference counted one. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.7.3 and Firefox < 59.0.2.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5148
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4153
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00023.html
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-10/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1440717
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1098
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1099
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103506
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040574
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-5148
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3609-1/