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Mozilla Firefox < 59.0.2

critical Nessus Plugin ID 108754

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 59.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2018-10 advisory.

 - 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.
 (CVE-2018-5148)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 59.0.2 or later.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 108754

File Name: macos_firefox_59_0_2.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 3/30/2018

Updated: 11/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5148

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Firefox

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5148

BID: 103506

MFSA: 2018-10