vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-5440: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 20, 2018
Added
Feb 20, 2018
Modified
Aug 13, 2025

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability during XSLT processing due to a failure to propagate error conditions during matching while evaluating context, leading to objects being used when they no longer exist. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Solutions

gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefoxgentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefox-bin
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