Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 57. 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 < 58.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1413857%2C1412653%2C1418966%2C1427126%2C1412942%2C1401459%2C1364399%2C1382851%2C1423770%2C1401420%2C1281965%2C1389561%2C1409179%2C1416879%2C1421786%2C1426449%2C1416799%2C1400912%2C1415158%2C1415748%2C1415788%2C1371891%2C1415770%2C1416519%2C1413143%2C1418841%2C1384544%2C1410140%2C1411631%2C1412313%2C1412641%2C1412645%2C1412646%2C1412648%2C1261175 | Issue Tracking Permissions Required |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
Information
Published : 2018-06-11 14:29
Updated : 2018-06-25 10:28
NVD link : CVE-2018-5090
Mitre link : CVE-2018-5090
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CWE
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Products Affected
mozilla
- firefox
canonical
- ubuntu_linux