CVE-2017-7757: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A use-after-free vulnerability in IndexedDB when one of its objects is destroyed in memory while a method on it is still being executed. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.

Affected products

  • Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
  • Mozilla Firefox: before 52.2.0 (fixed in 52.2.0); before 54.0 (fixed in 54.0)
  • Mozilla Thunderbird: before 52.2.0 (fixed in 52.2.0)

Published 2018-06-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.