A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when the widget listener is holding strong references to browser objects that have previously been freed, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash when these references are used. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1256-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1262-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4096-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4102-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-16885 A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when the widget listener is holding strong references to browser objects that have previously been freed, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash when these references are used. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3529-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3544-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:26:46.818Z

Reserved: 2018-01-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-5099

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:12.703

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:08:06.040

Link: CVE-2018-5099

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-5099 - Bugzilla

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