Use-after-free vulnerability in Thunderbird and Firefox versions prior to 55

Use-after-free vulnerability in Thunderbird and Firefox versions prior to 55

CVE-2017-7809 · HIGH Severity

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

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when an editor DOM node is deleted prematurely during tree traversal while still bound to the document. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

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