Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <0:52.4.0-1.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FIREFOX-4756254
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Sept 2017

Introduced: 28 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-7819  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 firefox to version 0:52.4.0-1.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2831.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in design mode when image objects are resized if objects referenced during the resizing have been freed from memory. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.