CVE-2018-5163

critical
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

If a malicious attacker has used another vulnerability to gain full control over a content process, they may be able to replace the alternate data resources stored in the JavaScript Start-up Bytecode Cache (JSBC) for other JavaScript code. If the parent process then runs this replaced code, the executed script would be run with the parent process' privileges, escaping the sandbox on content processes. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5163

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201805-10

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed60.0-1
debian debiansidfixed60.0-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.