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Red Hat: CVE-2019-17008: CVE-2019-17008 Mozilla: Use-after-free in worker destruction (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-17008: CVE-2019-17008 Mozilla: Use-after-free in worker destruction (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/05/2019
Created
12/07/2019
Added
12/06/2019
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

When using nested workers, a use-after-free could occur during worker destruction. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-firefox
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource

References

  • CVE-2019-17008
  • RHSA-2019:4107
  • RHSA-2019:4111
  • RHSA-2019:4148
  • RHSA-2019:4195
  • RHSA-2020:0292
  • RHSA-2020:0295
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