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MFSA2017-18 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 55 (CVE-2017-7753)

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MFSA2017-18 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 55 (CVE-2017-7753)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/08/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/09/2017
Modified
08/06/2018

Description

An out-of-bounds read occurs when applying style rules to pseudo-elements, such as ::first-line, using cached style data. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-55_0

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