A use-after-free vulnerability during video control operations when a "<track>" element holds a reference to an older window if that window
A use-after-free vulnerability during video control operations when a "<track>" element holds a reference to an older window if that window has been replaced in the DOM. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.
- Published
- Jun 11, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.8% · 86th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-416
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Action score
40
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.8%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| debian | debian linux | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux |
| redhat | enterprise linux | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server |
| redhat | enterprise linux server aus | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server eus | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation |
| mozilla | firefox | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox |
| mozilla | thunderbird | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- debian debian linux8.0
- debian debian linux9.0
- mozilla firefoxbefore 54.0
- mozilla firefoxbefore 52.2.0
- mozilla thunderbirdbefore 52.2.0
- redhat enterprise linux6.0
- redhat enterprise linux7.0
- redhat enterprise linux desktop6.0
- redhat enterprise linux desktop7.0
- redhat enterprise linux server6.0
- redhat enterprise linux server7.0
- redhat enterprise linux server aus7.3
- redhat enterprise linux server aus7.4
- redhat enterprise linux server eus7.3
- redhat enterprise linux server eus7.4
- redhat enterprise linux server eus7.5
- redhat enterprise linux workstation6.0
- redhat enterprise linux workstation7.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mozilla). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Mozilla Firefox
- unspecified and later · before 54affected
Mozilla Firefox ESR
- unspecified and later · before 52.2affected
Mozilla Thunderbird
- unspecified and later · before 52.2affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | firefox-esr | before 52.2.0esr-1 | 52.2.0esr-1 |
| Debian:7 | firefox-esr | before 52.2.0esr-1~deb7u1 | 52.2.0esr-1~deb7u1 |
| Debian:7 | icedove | before 1:52.2.1-1~deb7u1 | 1:52.2.1-1~deb7u1 |
| Debian:8 | firefox-esr | before 52.2.0esr-1~deb8u1 | 52.2.0esr-1~deb8u1 |
| Debian:8 | icedove | before 1:52.2.1-4~deb8u1 | 1:52.2.1-4~deb8u1 |
| Debian:9 | firefox-esr | before 52.2.0esr-1~deb9u1 | 52.2.0esr-1~deb9u1 |
| Debian:9 | icedove | before 1:52.2.1-4~deb9u1 | 1:52.2.1-4~deb9u1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | firefox | before 0:52.2.0-1.el6_9 | 0:52.2.0-1.el6_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | firefox-debuginfo | before 0:52.2.0-1.el6_9 | 0:52.2.0-1.el6_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | thunderbird | before 0:52.2.0-1.el6_9 | 0:52.2.0-1.el6_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | thunderbird-debuginfo | before 0:52.2.0-1.el6_9 | 0:52.2.0-1.el6_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | firefox | before 0:52.2.0-1.el7_3 | 0:52.2.0-1.el7_3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | firefox-debuginfo | before 0:52.2.0-1.el7_3 | 0:52.2.0-1.el7_3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | thunderbird | before 0:52.2.0-1.el7_3 | 0:52.2.0-1.el7_3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | thunderbird-debuginfo | before 0:52.2.0-1.el7_3 | 0:52.2.0-1.el7_3 |
| SUSE:Package Hub 12 | MozillaThunderbird | before 52.2-36.1 | 52.2-36.1 |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:firefox-esr | 52.2.0esr-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:icedove | 1:52.2.1-1~deb7u1 · Debian:7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:firefox | 0:52.2.0-1.el6_9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:firefox-debuginfo | 0:52.2.0-1.el6_9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:thunderbird | 0:52.2.0-1.el6_9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:thunderbird-debuginfo | 0:52.2.0-1.el6_9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:MozillaThunderbird | 52.2-36.1 · SUSE:Package Hub 12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-416 · Use After FreeCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Root cause
After a memory region is freed, another reference pointing to it is still used. By then, the same region may have been allocated for different data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-416 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
free(dev->buf);/* ... another thread is still running ... */process(dev->buf);Fixed
lock(&dev->lock);free(dev->buf);dev->buf = NULL;unlock(&dev->lock);Attack context
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References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1440
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1561
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3881
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3918
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.