vulnerability

MFSA2017-18 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 55 (CVE-2017-7801)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 8, 2017
Added
Aug 9, 2017
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while re-computing layout for a "marquee" element during window resizing where the updated style object is freed while still in use. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

Solution

mozilla-firefox-upgrade-55_0
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