Use After Free Affecting icedove package, versions <1:52.3.0-4~deb8u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.59% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-ICEDOVE-378769
  • published11 Jun 2018
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-7809  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 icedove to version 1:52.3.0-4~deb8u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream icedove package and not the icedove package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when an editor DOM node is deleted prematurely during tree traversal while still bound to the document. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.