Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 59. Some of 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 < 60.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry | 
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry | 
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1445234%2C1449530%2C1437455%2C1447989%2C1438827%2C1436983%2C1435036%2C1440465%2C1439723%2C1448771%2C1453653%2C1454359%2C1432323%2C1454126%2C1436759%2C1439655%2C1448612%2C1449358%2C1367727%2C1452417 | Issue Tracking Permissions Required Third Party Advisory | 
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/ | Third Party Advisory | 
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Information
                Published : 2018-06-11 21:29
Updated : 2018-08-03 18:33
NVD link : CVE-2018-5151
Mitre link : CVE-2018-5151
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-5151
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Products Affected
                canonical
- ubuntu_linux
 
mozilla
- firefox
 
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-119
                        
            Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
