A heap buffer overflow vulnerability may occur in WebAssembly when "shrinkElements" is called followed by garbage collection on memory that is now uninitialized. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. 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/show_bug.cgi?id=1415883 | 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 10:31
NVD link : CVE-2018-5094
Mitre link : CVE-2018-5094
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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