Bug 1670631 (CVE-2018-18500) - CVE-2018-18500 Mozilla: Use-after-free parsing HTML5 stream
Summary: CVE-2018-18500 Mozilla: Use-after-free parsing HTML5 stream
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-18500
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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urgent
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1668153 1668154 1668155 1668156 1670636 1670637 1670638 1670639 1670640
Blocks: 1668151 1670486
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Reported: 2019-01-29 23:18 UTC by Doran Moppert
Modified: 2022-03-13 16:52 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:46:40 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:0218 0 None None None 2019-01-30 17:38:57 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:0219 0 None None None 2019-01-30 17:56:19 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:0269 0 None None None 2019-02-04 20:41:48 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:0270 0 None None None 2019-02-04 20:42:01 UTC

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
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