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MFSA2017-20 Thunderbird: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.3 (CVE-2017-7802)

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MFSA2017-20 Thunderbird: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.3 (CVE-2017-7802)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/18/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/21/2017
Modified
08/06/2018

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when manipulating the DOM during the resize event of an image element. If these elements have been freed due to a lack of strong references, a potentially exploitable crash may occur when the freed elements are accessed. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-52_3

References

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