CVE-2018-5099 in Ubuntu

CVE-2018-5099

Priority

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

Notes

Package

Source: firefox (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (58.0)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr):	DNE (trusty was released [58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1])
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	released (58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	released (59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1)

Package

Source: thunderbird (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Priority: Low

Upstream:	released (52.6.0)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr):	DNE (trusty was 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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	released (1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1)

More Information

Updated: 2019-12-05 18:50:56 UTC (commit dd38ff22974aae499eb50644b9d5a2817483cbdb)