Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements due to errors in the handling of node adoption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/ | vendor advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/ | vendor advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885 | vdb entry third party advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461 | vdb entry third party advisory |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317409 | issue tracking exploit vendor advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41042/ | exploit vdb entry third party advisory |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/ | vendor advisory |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html | third party advisory vendor advisory |