fkie_cve-2018-5178
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2018-06-11 21:29
Modified
2024-11-21 04:08
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104138Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040898Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1443891Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104138Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040898Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1443891Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
mozilla firefox_esr *
mozilla thunderbird *
mozilla thunderbird_esr *
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 17.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.5
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.6
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0


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