Bug 1513310 – CVE-2017-7828 Mozilla: Use-after-free of PressShell while restyling layout (MFSA 2017-25)

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Bug 1513310 - (CVE-2017-7828) CVE-2017-7828 Mozilla: Use-after-free of PressShell while restyling layout (MFSA 2017-25)

Summary:	CVE-2017-7828 Mozilla: Use-after-free of PressShell while restyling layout (M...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2017-7828

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

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Blocks:	1511858
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Reported:	2017-11-15 02:36 EST by Doran Moppert
Modified:	2018-08-03 03:54 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:3247	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Critical: firefox security update	2017-11-17 15:33:31 EST
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:3372	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: thunderbird security update	2017-12-04 00:10:55 EST

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Description Doran Moppert 2017-11-15 02:36:35 EST

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when flushing and resizing layout because the PressShell object has been freed while still in use. This results in a potentially exploitable crash during these operations.


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-25/#CVE-2017-7828

Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2017-11-15 02:36:40 EST

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Nils

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2017-11-17 11:18:36 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:3247 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3247

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2017-12-03 19:11:30 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:3372 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3372

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