CVE-2018-5178
published 2018-06-11CVE-2018-5178: A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data. This vulnerability requires the…
PriorityP342high8.1CVSS 3.0
AVNACHPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
5.06%
91.4th percentile
A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data. This vulnerability requires the use of a malicious or vulnerable legacy extension in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
Affected
32 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | firefox-esr | < firefox-esr 52.8.0esr-1 (bookworm) | firefox-esr 52.8.0esr-1 (bookworm) |
| debian | thunderbird | < firefox-esr 52.8.0esr-1 (bookworm) | firefox-esr 52.8.0esr-1 (bookworm) |
| mozilla | firefox | < 52.8.0 | 52.8.0 |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | >= unspecified < 52.8 | 52.8 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 52.8.0 | 52.8.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0-1 | 1:52.8.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0-1 | 1:52.8.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0-1 | 1:52.8.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0-1 | 1:52.8.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= unspecified < 52.8 | 52.8 |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | < 52.8.0 | 52.8.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | >= unspecified < 52.8 | 52.8 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.08.1HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian8.1HIGH
vendor_redhat8.1HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-2fp8-wvjf-2gv9: A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2018-5178 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-2fp8-wvjf-2gv9: A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data
A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data. This vulnerability requires the use of a malicious or vulnerable legacy extension in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
OSV
CVE-2018-5178: A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data
osv·2018-06-11·CVSS 8.1
CVE-2018-5178 [HIGH] CVE-2018-5178: A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data
A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data. This vulnerability requires the use of a malicious or vulnerable legacy extension in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities
osv·2018-05-25·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-5150 [CRITICAL] thunderbird vulnerabilities
thunderbird vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service
via application crash, install lightweight themes without user
interaction, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5150, CVE-2018-5154,
CVE-2018-5155, CVE-2018-5159, CVE-2018-5168, CVE-2018-5178)
An issue was discovered when processing message headers in Thunderbird. If
a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker
could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application hang. (CVE-2018-5161)
It was discovered encrypted messages could leak plaintext via the src
attribute of remote images or links. An
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-05-25·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-5150 [CRITICAL] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service
via application crash, install lightweight themes without user
interaction, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5150, CVE-2018-5154,
CVE-2018-5155, CVE-2018-5159, CVE-2018-5168, CVE-2018-5178)
An issue was discovered when processing message headers in Thunderbird. If
a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker
could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application hang. (CVE-2018-5161)
It was discovered encrypted messages coul
Red Hat
Mozilla: Buffer overflow during UTF-8 to Unicode string conversion through legacy extension
vendor_redhat·2018-05-09·CVSS 8.1
CVE-2018-5178 [HIGH] CWE-120 Mozilla: Buffer overflow during UTF-8 to Unicode string conversion through legacy extension
Mozilla: Buffer overflow during UTF-8 to Unicode string conversion through legacy extension
A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data. This vulnerability requires the use of a malicious or vulnerable legacy extension in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-5178: firefox-esr - A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within Java...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 8.1
CVE-2018-5178 [HIGH] CVE-2018-5178: firefox-esr - A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within Java...
A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data. This vulnerability requires the use of a malicious or vulnerable legacy extension in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 52.8.0esr-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 52.8.0esr-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 52.8.0esr-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 52.8.0esr-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 52.8.0esr-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104138http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040898https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1443891https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104138http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040898https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1443891https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/
2018-06-11
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