Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::dom::HTMLFormElement::IsDefaultSubmitElement function in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Thunderbird before 24.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.21 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via vectors involving a destroyed SELECT element.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaFirefox | 50.1.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaThunderbird | 45.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | firefox-esr | 128.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 |
Advisories 3
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025
References
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1491 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18982 vdb-entry signature
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=894137
- FEDORA-2013-16992 vendor-advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-81.html
- FEDORA-2013-17074 vendor-advisory
- USN-1952-1 vendor-advisory
- USN-1951-1 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2013-17047 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1493 vendor-advisory
- 62464 vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1499 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1495 vendor-advisory