Description
A use-after-free vulnerability during specific user interactions with the input method editor (IME) in some languages due to how events are handled. This results in a potentially exploitable crash but would require specific user interaction to trigger. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Mozilla Firefox
unspecified to < 54affected
Mozilla Firefox ESR
unspecified to < 52.2affected
Mozilla Thunderbird
unspecified to < 52.2affected
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 ↗
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1359547 ↗
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ ↗
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3918 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 ↗
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3881 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1440 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1561 ↗
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/ ↗
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ ↗