Bug 1560928 (CVE-2018-5148)

Summary: CVE-2018-5148 firefox: Use-after-free in compositor potentially allows code execution
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: unspecifiedCC: alexl, dmoppert, gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, john.j5live, pjasicek, rhughes, rstrode, sandmann, stransky
Target Milestone: ---Keywords: Security
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: firefox 59.0.2, firefox 52.7.3 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:18:54 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On: 1560930, 1560931, 1561273, 1561274, 1561275, 1561276, 1561277    
Bug Blocks: 1560933    

Description Adam Mariš 2018-03-27 09:41:32 UTC 
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in the compositor during certain graphics operations when a raw pointer is used instead of a reference counted one. This results in a potentially exploitable crash.

External References:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-10/
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2018-03-27 09:42:23 UTC 
Created firefox tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1560930]
Comment 3 Doran Moppert 2018-03-28 02:16:27 UTC 
Statement:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Extended Life Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 16:08:05 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:1099 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1099
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 16:48:05 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2018:1098 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1098