A use-after-free vulnerability during XSLT processing due to a failure to propagate error conditions during matching while evaluating context, leading to objects being used when they no longer exist. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.
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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ | vendor advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/ | vendor advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ | vendor advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 | vdb entry third party advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/ | vendor advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 | vdb entry third party advisory |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1336832 | issue tracking patch vendor advisory exploit |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201 | third party advisory vendor advisory |