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MFSA2018-17 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 52.9 (CVE-2018-12360)

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MFSA2018-17 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 52.9 (CVE-2018-12360)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/26/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/27/2018
Modified
12/04/2018

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when deleting an input element during a mutation event handler triggered by focusing that element. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-52_9

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