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.

CVSS v3.0

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

CVSS v2.0

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

3.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 86th percentile

Published

2018-06-11

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1336832

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-5439
• CVE-2017-5447
• CVE-2017-5438
• CVE-2017-5450
• CVE-2017-5433
• CVE-2017-5451