Bug 1461253 – CVE-2017-7749 Mozilla: Use-after-free during docshell reloading (MFSA 2017-16)

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Bug 1461253 - (CVE-2017-7749) CVE-2017-7749 Mozilla: Use-after-free during docshell reloading (MFSA 2017-16)

Summary:	CVE-2017-7749 Mozilla: Use-after-free during docshell reloading (MFSA 2017-16)

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2017-7749

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	high Severity high
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

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Blocks:	1459420
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Reported:	2017-06-14 00:25 EDT by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified:	2017-10-11 19:26 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:1440	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Critical: firefox security update	2017-06-14 07:51:35 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:1561	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: thunderbird security update	2017-06-21 04:36:28 EDT

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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2017-06-14 00:25:40 EDT

A use-after-free vulnerability when using an incorrect URL during the reloading of a docshell. This results in a potentially exploitable crash.


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/#CVE-2017-7749


Acknowledgements:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Nils

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2017-06-14 03:52:49 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:1440 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1440

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2017-06-21 00:36:57 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:1561 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1561

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