Use-after-free vulnerability in marquee element during window resizing

Use-after-free vulnerability in marquee element during window resizing

CVE-2017-7801 · HIGH Severity

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

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while re-computing layout for a "marquee" element during window resizing where the updated style object is freed while still in use. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

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