Bug 1479226 – CVE-2017-7806 Mozilla: Use-after-free in layer manager with SVG (MFSA 2017-18)

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Bug 1479226 - (CVE-2017-7806) CVE-2017-7806 Mozilla: Use-after-free in layer manager with SVG (MFSA 2017-18)

Summary:	CVE-2017-7806 Mozilla: Use-after-free in layer manager with SVG (MFSA 2017-18)

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2017-7806

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

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Blocks:	1477026
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Reported:	2017-08-08 02:55 EDT by Doran Moppert
Modified:	2017-08-24 03:36 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Doran Moppert 2017-08-08 02:55:00 EDT

A use-after-free vulnerability when the layer manager is freed too early when rendering specific SVG content, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash.


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/#CVE-2017-7806


Acknowledgements:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Nils

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