Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-5186
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60. 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 Firefox < 61.
Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory Corruption
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-5186
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 2.08%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 88 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2018-5186
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7.5
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
10.0
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6.4
|
[email protected] |
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9.8
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CRITICAL | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
3.9
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5.9
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[email protected] |
CWE ids for CVE-2018-5186
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)
References for CVE-2018-5186
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1464872%2C1463329%2C1419373%2C1412882%2C1413033%2C1444673%2C1454448%2C1453505%2C1438671
Exploit;Issue Tracking;Vendor Advisory
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104557
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/
Vendor Advisory
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/
Third Party Advisory
Products affected by CVE-2018-5186
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*