Bug 1690675 (CVE-2019-9790) - CVE-2019-9790 Mozilla: Use-after-free when removing in-use DOM elements
Summary: CVE-2019-9790 Mozilla: Use-after-free when removing in-use DOM elements
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-9790
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1688866 1688867 1688868 1690494 1690495 1690496 1690692 1703888 1703893 1703894
Blocks: 1688735 1690493
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-03-20 02:14 UTC by Doran Moppert
Modified: 2021-02-26 05:25 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:51:18 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:0622 0 None None None 2019-03-20 15:11:56 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:0623 0 None None None 2019-03-20 15:21:48 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:0680 0 None None None 2019-03-28 14:48:14 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:0681 0 None None None 2019-03-28 14:49:39 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:0966 0 None None None 2019-05-07 04:18:01 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:1144 0 None None None 2019-05-13 05:03:23 UTC

Description Doran Moppert 2019-03-20 02:14:15 UTC 
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when a raw pointer to a DOM element on a page is obtained using JavaScript and the element is then removed while still in use. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. 



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/#CVE-2019-9790
Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2019-03-20 02:14:18 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Brandon Wieser
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2019-03-20 15:11:56 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:0622 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0622
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2019-03-20 15:21:47 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2019:0623 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0623
Comment 5 Doran Moppert 2019-03-26 06:23:39 UTC 
Statement:

In general, this flaw be exploited through email in the Thunderbird product because scripting is disabled when reading mail, but are potentially risks in browser or browser-like contexts.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2019-03-28 14:48:13 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2019:0680 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0680
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2019-03-28 14:49:39 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:0681 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0681
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2019-05-07 04:18:00 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2019:0966 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0966
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2019-05-13 05:03:22 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2019:1144 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144
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