CVE-2018-5188
published 2018-10-18CVE-2018-5188: Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60, and Firefox ESR 52.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that…
PriorityP342critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
3.94%
89.2th percentile
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60, and Firefox ESR 52.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
Affected
38 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 | firefox | < firefox 61.0-1 (sid) | firefox 61.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | firefox-esr | < firefox 61.0-1 (sid) | firefox 61.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | thunderbird | < firefox 61.0-1 (sid) | firefox 61.0-1 (sid) |
| mozilla | firefox | < 61.0 | 61.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 61.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | 61.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 | 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 61.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | 61.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 | 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 61.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 61.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 53.0 < 60.1.0 | 60.1.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= unspecified < 61 | 61 |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | < 52.9 | 52.9 |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | >= unspecified < 60.1 | 60.1 |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | >= unspecified < 52.9 | 52.9 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 52.9 | 52.9 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.9.0-1 | 1:52.9.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.9.0-1 | 1:52.9.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.9.0-1 | 1:52.9.0-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.8CRITICAL
vendor_redhat9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-r3cm-g44g-3hg8: Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60, and Firefox ESR 52
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2018-5188 [CRITICAL] CWE-119 GHSA-r3cm-g44g-3hg8: Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60, and Firefox ESR 52
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60, and Firefox ESR 52.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
OSV
CVE-2018-5188: Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60, and Firefox ESR 52
osv·2018-10-18·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-5188 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-5188: Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60, and Firefox ESR 52
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60, and Firefox ESR 52.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
OSV
firefox regressions
osv·2018-07-10·CVSS 4.3
[MEDIUM] firefox regressions
firefox regressions
USN-3705-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced various
minor regressions. This update fixes the problems.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, read uninitialized
memory, bypass same-origin restrictions, bypass CORS restrictions,
bypass CSRF protections, obtain sensitive information, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5156, CVE-2018-5186, CVE-2018-5187,
CVE-2018-5188, CVE-2018-12358, CVE-2018-12359, CVE-2018-12360,
CVE-2018-12361, CVE-2018-12362, CVE-2018-12363, CVE-2018-12364,
CVE-2018-12365, CVE-2018-12366, CVE-2018-12367, CVE-2
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities
osv·2018-07-05·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2018-5156 [MEDIUM] firefox vulnerabilities
firefox vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, read uninitialized
memory, bypass same-origin restrictions, bypass CORS restrictions,
bypass CSRF protections, obtain sensitive information, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5156, CVE-2018-5186, CVE-2018-5187,
CVE-2018-5188, CVE-2018-12358, CVE-2018-12359, CVE-2018-12360,
CVE-2018-12361, CVE-2018-12362, CVE-2018-12363, CVE-2018-12364,
CVE-2018-12365, CVE-2018-12366, CVE-2018-12367, CVE-2018-12370,
CVE-2018-12371)
A security issue was discovered with WebExtensions. If a user were
tricked in to installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker
could potentially exploit
Ubuntu
Spidermonkey vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-08-22
CVE-2018-5188 Spidermonkey vulnerabilities
Title: Spidermonkey vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Spidermonkey.
Multiple memory safety issues were fixed in Spidermonkey. An attacker
could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, or execute
arbitrary code.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-07-12·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2018-12359 [HIGH] 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,
bypass CORS restrictions, obtain sensitive information, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-12359, CVE-2018-12360, CVE-2018-12362,
CVE-2018-12363, CVE-2018-12364, CVE-2018-12365, CVE-2018-12366)
It was discovered that S/MIME and PGP decryption oracles can be built with
HTML emails. An attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2018-12372)
It was discovered that S/MIME plaintext can be leaked through HTML
reply/forward. An attacker could poten
Ubuntu
Firefox regressions
vendor_ubuntu·2018-07-10·CVSS 4.3
[MEDIUM] Firefox regressions
Title: Firefox regressions
Summary: USN-3705-1 caused some minor regressions in Firefox.
USN-3705-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced various
minor regressions. This update fixes the problems.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, read uninitialized
memory, bypass same-origin restrictions, bypass CORS restrictions,
bypass CSRF protections, obtain sensitive information, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5156, CVE-2018-5186, CVE-2018-5187,
CVE-2018-5188, CVE-2018-12358, CVE-2018-12359, CVE-2018-12360,
CVE-2018-12361, CVE-2018-12362, CVE-2018-12363,
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-07-05·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2018-5156 [MEDIUM] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, read uninitialized
memory, bypass same-origin restrictions, bypass CORS restrictions,
bypass CSRF protections, obtain sensitive information, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5156, CVE-2018-5186, CVE-2018-5187,
CVE-2018-5188, CVE-2018-12358, CVE-2018-12359, CVE-2018-12360,
CVE-2018-12361, CVE-2018-12362, CVE-2018-12363, CVE-2018-12364,
CVE-2018-12365, CVE-2018-12366, CVE-2018-12367, CVE-2018-12370,
CVE-2018-12371)
A security issue was discovered with WebExtensio
Red Hat
Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 61, Firefox ESR 60.1, and Firefox ESR 52.9
vendor_redhat·2018-06-26·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-5188 [CRITICAL] CWE-120 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 61, Firefox ESR 60.1, and Firefox ESR 52.9
Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 61, Firefox ESR 60.1, and Firefox ESR 52.9
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60, and Firefox ESR 52.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-5188: firefox - Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60, and Firefox ESR 52.8. ...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-5188 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-5188: firefox - Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60, and Firefox ESR 52.8. ...
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60, and Firefox ESR 52.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 61.0-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104555https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2251https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2252https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1456189%2C1456975%2C1465898%2C1392739%2C1451297%2C1464063%2C1437842%2C1442722%2C1452576%2C1450688%2C1458264%2C1458270%2C1465108%2C1464829%2C1464079%2C1463494%2C1458048https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00013.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3714-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3749-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4244https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104555https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2251https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2252https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1456189%2C1456975%2C1465898%2C1392739%2C1451297%2C1464063%2C1437842%2C1442722%2C1452576%2C1450688%2C1458264%2C1458270%2C1465108%2C1464829%2C1464079%2C1463494%2C1458048https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00013.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3714-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3749-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4244https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/
2018-10-18
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