CVE-2018-5145
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox ESR 52.6. 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 ESR < 52.7 and Thunderbird < 52.7.
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CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 8.8 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2018:0647 | 2018-04-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2018:0648 | 2018-04-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) | RHSA-2018:0527 | 2018-03-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2018:0526 | 2018-03-15 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Jet Villegas and Randell Jesup as the original reporters.External References
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