Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <67.0-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOX-347270
  • published22 May 2019
  • disclosed23 Jul 2019

Introduced: 22 May 2019

CVE-2019-9821  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable firefox to version 67.0-2 or higher.

NVD Description

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

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in AssertWorkerThread due to a race condition with shared workers. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 67.