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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-12378: Use-after-free in IndexedDB

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-12378: Use-after-free in IndexedDB

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/18/2018
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/16/2019
Modified
12/27/2019

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when an IndexedDB index is deleted while still in use by JavaScript code that is providing payload values to be stored. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr

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