CVE-2018-5128 — Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-416 — Use After Free8 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxDebian FirefoxCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when manipulating elements, events, and selection ranges during editor operations. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 59.0-1 (sid)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 59
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 59.0
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+4

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-f423-gp4j-x9mg: A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when manipulating elements, events, and selection ranges during editor operations↗2022-05-14
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OSV
firefox regression↗2018-04-06
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2018-03-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-5128: A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when manipulating elements, events, and selection ranges during editor operations↗2018-03-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Firefox regression↗2018-04-06
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2018-03-14
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Debian
CVE-2018-5128: firefox - A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when manipulating elements, events, and...↗2018
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