CVE-2018-5178
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
9.5
Description
A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data. This vulnerability requires the use of a malicious or vulnerable legacy extension in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
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-2018-5178
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201805-21
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 52.8.0-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 52.8.0esr-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 52.8.0esr-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 52.8.0esr-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 52.8.0esr-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 52.8.0esr-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.