CVE-2018-5100 — Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-287 — Improper Authentication9 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
22.0%
top 4.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Mozilla FirefoxDebian FirefoxCanonical Ubuntu Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when arguments passed to the "IsPotentiallyScrollable" function are freed while still in use by scripts. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 58.0-1 (sid)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 58
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 58.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+4
▶NVDmozilla/firefox57.0.4
▶citrixcitrix/sd-wan

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-cccf-rgv3-fmqq: A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when arguments passed to the "IsPotentiallyScrollable" function are freed while still in use by scripts↗2022-05-14
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OSV
firefox regressions↗2018-02-12
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2018-01-24
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OSV
CVE-2018-5100: A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when arguments passed to the "IsPotentiallyScrollable" function are freed while still in use by scripts↗2018-01-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Citrix
CVE-2018-5314: Command injection vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway 11.0 before build 70.16, 11.1 before build 55.13, and 12.0 before build↗2018-03-01
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Ubuntu
Firefox regressions↗2018-02-12
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2018-01-24
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Debian
CVE-2018-5100: firefox - A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when arguments passed to the "IsPotenti...↗2018
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