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Mozilla Firefox ESR < 60.5.1

high Nessus Plugin ID 122193

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 60.5.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2019-05 advisory.

 - A use-after-free vulnerability in the Skia library can occur when creating a path, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2018-18356)

 - An integer overflow vulnerability in the Skia library can occur after specific transform operations, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2019-5785)

 - A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Skia library can occur with Canvas 2D acceleration on macOS. This issue was addressed by disabling Canvas 2D acceleration in Firefox ESR. Note: this does not affect other versions and platforms where Canvas 2D acceleration is already disabled by default. (CVE-2018-18335)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 60.5.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-05/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122193

File Name: macos_firefox_60_5_1_esr.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 2/15/2019

Updated: 11/18/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18356

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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_esr

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Firefox ESR

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18335, CVE-2018-18356, CVE-2019-5785

MFSA: 2019-05