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CVE-2018-5156 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1453127	CVE	Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4295	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1453127	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4295	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 32 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
redhat enterprise linux desktop	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server aus	7.6
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server eus	7.5 7.6
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server tus	7.6
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux workstation	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	14.04 16.04 17.10 18.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox	< 52.9.0 < 61.0 >= 52.9.1, < 60.1.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird	< 60.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 25, 2025	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
Oct 21, 2024	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 6, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 25, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 16, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 13, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 20, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 19, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]

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