CVE-2018-5148

critical

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in the compositor during certain graphics operations when a raw pointer is used instead of a reference counted one. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.7.3 and Firefox < 59.0.2.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103506

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040574

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1098

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1099

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1440717

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00023.html

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3609-1/

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4153

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-10/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2018-06-11

Updated: 2018-08-09

Type: CWE-416

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: CRITICAL