CVE-2018-5099
Critical
CVE-2018-5099
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when the widget listener is holding strong references to browser objects that have previously been freed, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash when these references are used. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.
Exploit probability
3.1%
Published
June 11, 2018
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-2018-5099
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A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when the widget listener is holding strong references to browser objects that have previously been freed, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash when these references are used. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102783
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0122
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0262
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1416878
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00036.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4096
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4102
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-04/