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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-12363: Security patch for thunderbird (ALAS-2018-1061)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-12363: Security patch for thunderbird (ALAS-2018-1061)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/18/2018
Created
05/08/2020
Added
04/27/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when script uses mutation events to move DOM nodes between documents, resulting in the old document that held the node being freed but the node still having a pointer referencing it. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-thunderbird
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo

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