CVE-2018-5145
Published: 15 March 2018
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox ESR 52.6. 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 ESR < 52.7 and Thunderbird < 52.7.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| tyhicks | mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine |
| chrisccoulson | It's not clear whether this affects mozjs52, as the bugs are still private and some aren't referenced by any changesets. The following need investigating: - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1348955 |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Not vulnerable
|
| bionic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| cosmic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| disco |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| eoan |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| impish |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| kinetic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| lunar |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| mantic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
|
|
firefox-esr Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Does not exist
|
| bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
| cosmic |
Does not exist
|
|
| disco |
Does not exist
|
|
| eoan |
Does not exist
|
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| hirsute |
Does not exist
|
|
| impish |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(52.7.0esr-1)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
mozjs38 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
| bionic |
Needs triage
|
|
| cosmic |
Does not exist
|
|
| disco |
Does not exist
|
|
| eoan |
Does not exist
|
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
| hirsute |
Does not exist
|
|
| impish |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
mozjs52 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
| bionic |
Deferred
|
|
| cosmic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| disco |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| eoan |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| focal |
Deferred
|
|
| groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| hirsute |
Does not exist
|
|
| impish |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Released
(1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1)
|
| bionic |
Released
(1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| cosmic |
Released
(1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| disco |
Released
(1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| eoan |
Released
(1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| focal |
Released
(1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| groovy |
Released
(1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| hirsute |
Released
(1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| impish |
Released
(1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| jammy |
Released
(1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| kinetic |
Released
(1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| lunar |
Released
(1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| mantic |
Released
(1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
|
|
| trusty |
Released
(1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(52.7.0)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 9.8 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |