CVE-2017-5440
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.
- Affected products
- Alt Linux, Centos, Firefox, Firefox Esr, Red Hat, Suse, Thunderbird, Ubuntu
- Debian Debian Linux
- = 8.0
- Fix
- Available
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICAL
- EPSS
- 3.0% (86th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- NVD status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
CVE-2017-5440 at NVD
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