Use After Free Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <52.9.0esr-1
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- published22 Jul 2026
- disclosed18 Oct 2018
Introduced: 18 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-12363 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest firefox-esr to version 52.9.0esr-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 Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when script uses mutation events to move DOM nodes between documents, resulting in the old document that held the node being freed but the node still having a pointer referencing it. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
References
- https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2018-12363
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2251
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2252
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1464784
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00013.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3714-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4244
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/