Bug 1479650 (CVE-2017-7809)

Summary:	CVE-2017-7809 Mozilla: Use-after-free while deleting attached editor DOM node (MFSA 2017-19)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	cschalle, gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, stransky
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Description Doran Moppert 2017-08-09 04:01:34 UTC

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when an editor DOM node is deleted prematurely during tree traversal while still bound to the document. This results in a potentially exploitable crash.


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/#CVE-2017-7809

Comment 2 Doran Moppert 2017-08-09 04:18:27 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: The Mozilla Project
Upstream: Nils

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-10 23:21:54 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2017:2456 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-24 06:47:07 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:2534 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534