CVE-2017-7802: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when manipulating the DOM during the resize event of an image element. If these elements have been freed due to a lack of strong references, a potentially exploitable crash may occur when the freed elements are accessed. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Mozilla Firefox: before 55.0 (fixed in 55.0); before 52.3.0 (fixed in 52.3.0)
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 52.3.0 (fixed in 52.3.0)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only

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