Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5093

 

Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5093

Published: January 24, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10180
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5093
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to buffer overflow in WebAssembly during Memory/Table resizing. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Ubuntu

How to mitigate CVE-2018-5093

Update to version 58.0.


External References

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