CVE-2017-5403

Published: 07 March 2017

When adding a range to an object in the DOM, it is possible to use "addRange" to add the range to an incorrect root object. This triggers a use-after-free, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 9.8

Status

Package	Release	Status
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (52.0)





	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus)	Released (52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
	Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr)	Does not exist (trusty was released [52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1])

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5403
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/#CVE-2017-5403
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3216-1
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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CVE-2017-5403

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