Use After Free Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <60.5.0esr-1
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- published 30 Jan 2019
- disclosed 5 Feb 2019
Introduced: 30 Jan 2019
CVE-2018-18500 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox-esr
to version 60.5.0esr-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: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.
References
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