CVE-2018-5160 (GCVE-0-2018-5160)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:26
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Summary
WebRTC can use a "WrappedI420Buffer" pixel buffer but the owning image object can be freed while it is still in use. This can result in the WebRTC encoder using uninitialized memory, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Uninitialized memory use by WebRTC encoder
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436117 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 60 (custom)
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Date Public
2018-05-09 00:00
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