CVEs-PoC/2017/CVE-2017-5438.md

CVE-2017-5438

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability during XSLT processing due to the result handler being held by a freed handler during handling. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

POC

Reference

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1336828
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/

Github

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