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MFSA2018-03 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 52.6 (CVE-2018-5096)

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MFSA2018-03 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 52.6 (CVE-2018-5096)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/23/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/24/2018
Modified
08/08/2018

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while editing events in form elements on a page, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.6 and Thunderbird < 52.6.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-52_6

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