Use After Free Affecting mozilla package, versions [,52.5.0)(52.5.0,57.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.87% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378638
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-7828  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 52.5.0, 57.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when flushing and resizing layout because the "PressShell" object has been freed while still in use. This results in a potentially exploitable crash during these operations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57, Firefox ESR < 52.5, and Thunderbird < 52.5.

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