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MFSA2018-03 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 52.6 (CVE-2018-5097)

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

Jan 23, 2018

Added

Jan 24, 2018

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur during XSL transformations when the source document for the transformation is manipulated by script content during the transformation. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.

Solution

mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-52_6

References

CVE-2018-5097
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-5097
CWE-416
EUVD-EUVD-2018-16883
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2018/mfsa2018-03.html
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-16883

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