CVE-2018-5178

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.

CVSS v3 8.1 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104138	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040898	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1443891	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory Permissions Required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr::::::::

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::*

History

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Information

Published : 2018-06-11 21:29

Updated : 2019-03-11 15:20

NVD link : CVE-2018-5178

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5178

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-5178

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux_server
enterprise_linux_server_aus
enterprise_linux_desktop
enterprise_linux_server_eus
enterprise_linux_workstation
enterprise_linux_server_tus

canonical

ubuntu_linux

mozilla

firefox_esr
thunderbird
thunderbird_esr

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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