CVE-2018-5153 — Out-of-bounds Read in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow10 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
1.2%
top 20.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxDebian FirefoxCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

If websocket data is sent with mixed text and binary in a single message, the binary data can be corrupted. This can result in an out-of-bounds read with the read memory sent to the originating server in response. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 60.0-1 (sid)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 60
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 60.0
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+5

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-qcqg-65g5-53c7: If websocket data is sent with mixed text and binary in a single message, the binary data can be corrupted↗2022-05-14
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OSV
firefox regression↗2018-05-18
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2018-05-11
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OSV
CVE-2018-5153: If websocket data is sent with mixed text and binary in a single message, the binary data can be corrupted↗2018-05-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Firefox regression↗2018-05-18
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2018-05-11
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Out-of-bounds read in mixed content websocket messages↗2018-05-09
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Debian
CVE-2018-5153: firefox - If websocket data is sent with mixed text and binary in a single message, the bi...↗2018
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5153 Mozilla: Out-of-bounds read in mixed content websocket messages↗2018-05-09
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