CVE-2018-5099
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-06-11 21:00
Modified
2024-08-05 05:26
Severity ?
Summary
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.
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