Bug 1658399 (CVE-2018-18492)

Summary: CVE-2018-18492 Mozilla: Use-after-free with select element
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Bug Depends On: 1655360, 1655361, 1655362, 1660726, 1660727, 1660728, 1661346, 1667787    
Bug Blocks: 1655358, 1660724    

Description Doran Moppert 2018-12-11 23:58:00 UTC 
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur after deleting a selection element due to a weak reference to the `select` element in the `options` collection. This results in a potentially exploitable crash.



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-30/#CVE-2018-18492
Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2018-12-11 23:58:02 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Nils
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2018-12-17 17:06:37 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2018:3831 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3831
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2018-12-17 17:06:52 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:3833 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3833
Comment 4 Doran Moppert 2019-01-21 04:56:16 UTC 
Statement:

In general, this flaw be exploited through email in the Thunderbird product because scripting is disabled when reading mail, but are potentially risks in browser or browser-like contexts.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2019-01-24 22:38:12 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2019:0159 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0159
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2019-01-24 22:42:14 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:0160 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0160