Memory corruption in Firefox ESR - CVE-2018-5125

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Memory corruption in Firefox ESR - CVE-2018-5125

Published: March 13, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10972
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-2018-5125
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 boundary error when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Debian Linux
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
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 Power
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2018-5125

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

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