CVE-2018-5129Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write12 documents8 sources
Severity
8.6HIGHNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
2.3%
top 15.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A lack of parameter validation on IPC messages results in a potential out-of-bounds write through malformed IPC messages. This can potentially allow for sandbox escape through memory corruption in the parent process. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.7, Firefox ESR < 52.7, and Firefox < 59.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 4.0

Affected Packages11 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified59
NVDmozilla/firefox< 59.0+1
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified52.7
Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+3
CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified52.7

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, Enterprise Linux 7.4, 7.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
GHSA
GHSA-x4cw-r9m3-pj4c: A lack of parameter validation on IPC messages results in a potential out-of-bounds write through malformed IPC messages2022-05-14
OSV
CVE-2018-5129: A lack of parameter validation on IPC messages results in a potential out-of-bounds write through malformed IPC messages2018-06-11
CVEList
CVE-2018-5129: A lack of parameter validation on IPC messages results in a potential out-of-bounds write through malformed IPC messages2018-06-11
OSV
firefox regression2018-04-06
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities2018-03-29

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2018-03-29
Red Hat
Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write with malformed IPC messages (MFSA 2018-07)2018-03-14
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2018-03-14
Debian
CVE-2018-5129: firefox - A lack of parameter validation on IPC messages results in a potential out-of-bou...2018

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5129 Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write with malformed IPC messages (MFSA 2018-07)2018-03-14
CVE-2018-5129 — Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox | cvebase