A use-after-free vulnerability can occur during XSL transformations when the source document for the transformation is manipulated by script content during the transformation. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2018-5097 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2018:0262 | 2018-02-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) | RHSA-2018:0122 | 2018-01-24 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2018:0122 | 2018-01-24 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2018:0262 | 2018-02-01 |
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