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Status published
Critical
CVE-2018-18492
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur after deleting a selection element...
Vulnerability Description
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur after deleting a selection element due to a weak reference to the select element in the options collection. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.4, Firefox ESR < 60.4, and Firefox < 64.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1499861
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00002.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3833
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3831
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4362
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106168
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0159
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-31/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-30/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4354
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3868-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0160
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
Thunderbird, Firefox ESR, Firefox
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 28th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.