A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when reading an image observer during frame reconstruction after the observer has been freed. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade firefox-esr | Sep 20, 2017 | Aug 11, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-debuginfo | Aug 16, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade firefox-esrUpgrade icedove | Aug 11, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade seamonkeyUpgrade libxulUpgrade firefoxUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade linux-thunderbird | Aug 8, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade www-client/firefox. | Feb 20, 2018 | Feb 20, 2018 |
| Mfsa2017 18 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 55.0Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox | Aug 9, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Mfsa2017 19 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 52.3Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox | Aug 9, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 52.3Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Thunderbird | Aug 21, 2017 | Aug 18, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/data/firefox-bookmarks to version 52.3.0-0.175.3.24.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 52.3.0-0.175.3.24.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird to version 52.3.0-0.175.3.24.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox/plugin/firefox-java to version 52.3.0-0.175.3.24.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 52.3.0-0.175.3.24.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Sep 19, 2017 | Sep 19, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Aug 11, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Aug 11, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaThunderbirdUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbolsUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox-branding-SLEDUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-develUpgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-common | Aug 12, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Aug 16, 2017 | Aug 8, 2017 |
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