Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2018-5146
Published: March 16, 2018 / Updated: March 16, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11140
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5146
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when processing Vorbis audio within libvorbis library. A remote unauthenticated attacker can create a specially crafted HTML page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5146
Update to version Firefox 59.0.1 or Firefox ESR 52.7.2.