CVE-2018-5129
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
9.5
Description
A lack of parameter validation on IPC messages results in a potential out-of-bounds write through malformed IPC messages. This can potentially allow for sandbox escape through memory corruption in the parent process. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.7, Firefox ESR < 52.7, and Firefox < 59.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5129
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5129.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201803-22
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 52.7.0-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | sid | fixed | 59.0-1 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 52.7.0esr-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 52.7.0esr-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 52.7.0esr-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 52.7.0esr-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.