CVE-2018-18492
Critical
CVE-2018-18492
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur after deleting a selection element due to a weak reference to the select element in the options collection. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.4, Firefox ESR < 60.4, and Firefox < 64.
Exploit probability
9.6%
Published
February 28, 2019
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-18492
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A use-after-free vulnerability can occur after deleting a selection element due to a weak reference to the select element in the options collection. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.4, Firefox ESR < 60.4, and Firefox < 64.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106168
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3831
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3833
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0159
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0160
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1499861
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00002.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3868-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4354
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4362
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-30/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-31/