Bug 1670631 (CVE-2018-18500)

Summary: CVE-2018-18500 Mozilla: Use-after-free parsing HTML5 stream
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: cschalle, gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, stransky, yozone
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Bug Depends On: 1668153, 1668154, 1668155, 1668156, 1670636, 1670637, 1670638, 1670639, 1670640    
Bug Blocks: 1668151, 1670486    

Description Doran Moppert 2019-01-29 23:18:24 UTC 
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while parsing an HTML5 stream in concert with custom HTML elements. This results in the stream parser object being freed while still in use, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. 



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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-02/#CVE-2018-18500
Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2019-01-29 23:18:27 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Yaniv Frank (SophosLabs)
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2019-01-30 17:38:53 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2019:0218 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0218
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2019-01-30 17:56:18 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:0219 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0219
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2019-02-04 20:41:47 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2019:0269 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0269
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2019-02-04 20:42:01 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:0270 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0270