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CVE-2018-5188 Details

Description

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.

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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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2251	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2252	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1456189%2C1456975%2C1465898%2C1392739%2C1451297%2C1464063%2C1437842%2C1442722%2C1452576%2C1450688%2C1458264%2C1458270%2C1465108%2C1464829%2C1464079%2C1463494%2C1458048	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00013.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://usn.ubuntu.com/3714-1/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3749-1/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4244	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/mfsa2018-18/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104555	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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2251	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2252	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1456189%2C1456975%2C1465898%2C1392739%2C1451297%2C1464063%2C1437842%2C1442722%2C1452576%2C1450688%2C1458264%2C1458270%2C1465108%2C1464829%2C1464079%2C1463494%2C1458048	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor 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/2018/07/msg00013.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://usn.ubuntu.com/3714-1/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3749-1/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4244	[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/mfsa2018-18/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104555	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 38 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
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	< 61.0 >= 53.0, < 60.1.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox esr	< 52.9
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird	< 52.9
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
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.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[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]
Oct 20, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 19, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]

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