CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-5178

A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data. This vulnerability requires the use of a malicious or vulnerable legacy extension in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1443891 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040898 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104138 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-06-11 09:29

Updated : 2019-03-11 03:20

NVD link : CVE-2018-5178

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5178

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer