Memory corruption in Firefox ESR - CVE-2018-5130

Vulnerability identifier: #VU10969

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5130

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The weakness exists due to a lack of parameter validation on IPC messages. A remote attacker can send packets with a mismatched RTP payload type in WebRTC connections, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
firefox (Ubuntu package)

Update to version ESR 52.7.

firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.17.10.1

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-07/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox ESR
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
• OpenSUSE Linux update for MozillaFirefox
• Red Hat update for Mozilla Firefox
• Debian update for firefox-esr
• Gentoo update for Mozilla Firefox
• Ubuntu update for Firefox
• Red Hat update for firefox
• Red Hat update for firefox