CVE-2018-5099

Priority
Medium
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when the widget listener is
holding strong references to browser objects that have previously been
freed, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash when these references
are used. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR <
52.6, and Firefox < 58.
References
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5099
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3544-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3529-1
Assigned-to
chrisccoulson
Package
Source: thunderbird (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Priority: Low
Upstream:released (52.6.0)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):released (1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):released (1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark):released (1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):released (1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):released (1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
Package
Source: firefox (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (58.0)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):released (58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):released (58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark):released (58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.17.10.1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):released (59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1)
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):released (59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1)
More Information

Updated: 2018-06-26 05:03:04 UTC (commit 7799c934cca373482531a7b00e4dfe82302ceae5)