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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2017-7801: Vulnerability in Firefox, Thunderbird

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2017-7801: Vulnerability in Firefox, Thunderbird

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/19/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/19/2017
Modified
01/19/2021

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(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-value-mail-thunderbird-52-3-0-0-175-3-24-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-value-mail-thunderbird-plugin-thunderbird-lightning-52-3-0-0-175-3-24-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-value-web-browser-firefox-52-3-0-0-175-3-24-0-2-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-value-web-browser-firefox-plugin-firefox-java-52-3-0-0-175-3-24-0-2-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-value-web-data-firefox-bookmarks-52-3-0-0-175-3-24-0-2-0

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