Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <65.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
17.27% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOX-425651
  • published30 Jan 2019
  • disclosed5 Feb 2019

Introduced: 30 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-18500  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable firefox to version 65.0-1 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 while parsing an HTML5 stream in concert with custom HTML elements. This results in the stream parser object being freed while still in use, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5, Firefox ESR < 60.5, and Firefox < 65.