Use-after-free vulnerability in ARIA element manipulation within DOM

Use-after-free vulnerability in ARIA element manipulation within DOM

CVE-2017-7818 · HIGH Severity

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

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when manipulating arrays of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) elements within containers through the DOM. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.

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