CVE-2019-17008 (GCVE-0-2019-17008)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-08 21:17 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:24
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Summary
When using nested workers, a use-after-free could occur during worker destruction. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • Use-after-free in worker destruction
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546331 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4241-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0292 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0295 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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