Mozilla Firefox < 60.0

critical Nessus Plugin ID 275694

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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 installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 60.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2018-11 advisory.

- Mozilla developers and community members Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Jon Coppeard, Jason Kratzer, Nathan Froyd, Paul Theriault, Ryan VanderMeulen, Tyson Smith, Sebastian Hengst, Byron Campen, Emilio Cobos lvarez, Ronald Crane, and Phillipp reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 59. Some of 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. (CVE-2018-5151)

- An integer overflow can occur in the Skia library due to 32-bit integer use in an array without integer overflow checks, resulting in possible out-of-bounds writes. This could lead to a potentially exploitable crash triggerable by web content. (CVE-2018-5159)

- A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while enumerating attributes during SVG animations with clip paths. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2018-5154)

- A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while adjusting layout during SVG animations with text paths.
This results in a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2018-5155)

- Same-origin protections for the PDF viewer can be bypassed, allowing a malicious site to intercept messages meant for the viewer. This could allow the site to retrieve PDF files restricted to viewing by an authenticated user on a third-party website. (CVE-2018-5157)

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 version 60.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 275694

File Name: macos_firefox_60_0.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 11/18/2025

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5151

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5159

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Firefox

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5150, CVE-2018-5151, CVE-2018-5152, CVE-2018-5153, CVE-2018-5154, CVE-2018-5155, CVE-2018-5157, CVE-2018-5158, CVE-2018-5159, CVE-2018-5160, CVE-2018-5163, CVE-2018-5164, CVE-2018-5165, CVE-2018-5166, CVE-2018-5167, CVE-2018-5168, CVE-2018-5169, CVE-2018-5172, CVE-2018-5173, CVE-2018-5174, CVE-2018-5175, CVE-2018-5176, CVE-2018-5177, CVE-2018-5179, CVE-2018-5180, CVE-2018-5181, CVE-2018-5182

IAVA: 2018-A-0160-S

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