CVE-2018-5097

Mozilla: Use-after-free when source document is manipulated during XSLT (MFSA 2018-03)

Loading…

Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

9.8

CVSS 3.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · January 23, 2018

Updated · November 26, 2025

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-416 · Use After Free