Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <0:60.5.1-1.el7_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.2% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FIREFOX-4889691
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Dec 2018

Introduced: 4 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-18356  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 firefox to version 0:60.5.1-1.el7_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:0374.

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.

An integer overflow in path handling lead to a use after free in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.