CVE-2018-5178 (GCVE-0-2018-5178)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CWE
- Buffer overflow during UTF-8 to Unicode string conversion through legacy extension
Assigner
References
16 references
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Thunderbird ESR |
Affected:
unspecified , < 52.8
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Affected:
unspecified , < 52.8
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR |
Affected:
unspecified , < 52.8
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2018-05-09 00:00
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