Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-5187
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60 and Firefox ESR 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 Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, and Firefox < 61.
Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory Corruption
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-5187
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.60%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 78 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2018-5187
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | 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
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NIST |
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
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2018-5187
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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: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2018-5187
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-13) — Gentoo securityThird Party Advisory
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1461324%2C1414829%2C1395246%2C1467938%2C1461619%2C1425930%2C1438556%2C1454285%2C1459568%2C1463884
Bug ListIssue Tracking;Vendor Advisory
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html
[SECURITY] [DLA 1575-1] thunderbird security updateMailing List;Third Party Advisory
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-01) — Gentoo securityThird Party Advisory
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 61 — MozillaVendor Advisory
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https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4295
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4295-1 thunderbirdThird Party Advisory
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 60 — MozillaVendor Advisory
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/
USN-3705-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security noticesThird Party Advisory
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 60.1 — MozillaVendor Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104556
Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption VulnerabilitiesThird Party Advisory;VDB Entry
Products affected by CVE-2018-5187
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*