Use After Free Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <60.4.0esr-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-FIREFOXESR-354809
- published 13 Dec 2018
- disclosed 28 Feb 2019
Introduced: 13 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-18492 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
firefox-esr
to version 60.4.0esr-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 after deleting a selection element due to a weak reference to the select element in the options collection. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.4, Firefox ESR < 60.4, and Firefox < 64.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18492
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4354
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4362
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00002.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-30/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-31/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1499861
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3831
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3833
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0159
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0160
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106168
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-18492
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3868-1/