CVE-2017-5396

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Media Decoder when working with media files when some events are fired after the media elements are freed from memory. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.

• CWE-416

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0190.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0238.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95769Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1329403Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-13Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-22Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3771Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-03/Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0190.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0238.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95769Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1329403Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-13Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-22Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3771Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-03/Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 11, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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