Premature Release of Networking Event Listener Leading to Null Dereference in Firefox and Thunderbird

Premature Release of Networking Event Listener Leading to Null Dereference in Firefox and Thunderbird

CVE-2017-5416 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

In certain circumstances a networking event listener can be prematurely released. This appears to result in a null dereference in practice. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

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