CVE-2018-5178

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Description

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104138

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040898

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1443891

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2018-06-11

Updated: 2019-03-11

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 2.2

Severity: HIGH

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

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

OR

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

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

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (44 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
130450SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
127395NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.05 : thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0136)NessusNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
critical
127384NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.05 : firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0130)NessusNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
critical
127208NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0037)NessusNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
critical
127198NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0032)NessusNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
critical
123171openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla Thunderbird (openSUSE-2019-364)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
120074SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2018:2298-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
119133GLSA-201811-13 : Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
high
118254SUSE SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2018:1334-2)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
117894GLSA-201810-01 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
critical
700337Mozilla Firefox ESR < 52.8 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Clients
high
110853EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : firefox (EulerOS-SA-2018-1189)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
critical
110449Amazon Linux 2 : thunderbird (ALAS-2018-1032)NessusAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
critical
110248CentOS 7 : firefox (CESA-2018:1415)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
110206CentOS 6 : thunderbird (CESA-2018:1726)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
110205CentOS 7 : thunderbird (CESA-2018:1725)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
110191Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.10 / 18.04 LTS : Thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-3660-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
110158Debian DLA-1382-1 : thunderbird security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
110130EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : firefox (EulerOS-SA-2018-1126)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
critical
110129EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : firefox (EulerOS-SA-2018-1125)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
critical
110122Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL7.x x86_64 (20180524)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
critical
110121Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180524)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
critical
110120RHEL 6 : thunderbird (RHSA-2018:1726)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
110119RHEL 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2018:1725)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
110109Oracle Linux 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2018-1726)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
110108Oracle Linux 7 : thunderbird (ELSA-2018-1725)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
110101Debian DSA-4209-1 : thunderbird - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
109946Mozilla Thunderbird < 52.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities (EFAIL)NessusWindows
critical
109939SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2018:1334-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
109935openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla Thunderbird (openSUSE-2018-486)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
109923CentOS 6 : firefox (CESA-2018:1414)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
109887SUSE SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2018:1319-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
109868Mozilla Firefox ESR < 52.8 Multiple Critical VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
critical
109866Mozilla Firefox ESR < 52.8 Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities (macOS)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
critical
109852Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL7.x x86_64 (20180515)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
critical
109851Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180515)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
critical
109835RHEL 7 : firefox (RHSA-2018:1415)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
109834RHEL 6 : firefox (RHSA-2018:1414)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
109810Oracle Linux 7 : firefox (ELSA-2018-1415)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
109809Oracle Linux 6 : firefox (ELSA-2018-1414)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
109739Debian DSA-4199-1 : firefox-esr - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
109736Debian DLA-1376-1 : firefox-esr security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
109720openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (openSUSE-2018-452)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
109661FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (5aefc41e-d304-4ec8-8c82-824f84f08244)NessusFreeBSD Local Security Checks
critical