CVE-2018-5156Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV4.3
EPSS
3.1%
top 13.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 18
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occurring. This can result in stream data being cast to the wrong type causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.

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 Packages10 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified61
NVDmozilla/firefox52.9.160.1.0+2
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified60.1+1
Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2+2
CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified60

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04, Enterprise Linux 7.6, 7.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-x98g-g264-xxpx: A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occurring2022-05-14
OSV
CVE-2018-5156: A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occurring2018-10-18
CVEList
CVE-2018-5156: A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occurring2018-10-18
OSV
firefox regressions2018-07-10
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities2018-07-05

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2018-07-05
Red Hat
Mozilla: Media recorder segmentation fault when track type is changed during capture2018-06-26
Debian
CVE-2018-5156: firefox - A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source ty...2018

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5156 Mozilla: Media recorder segmentation fault when track type is changed during capture2018-06-26
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