Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-18498

 

Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-18498

Published: December 12, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16493
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18498
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an integer overflow during buffer size calculations for images. A remote attacker can use a raw value instead of the checked value, trigger out-of-bounds read and cause the service to crash.

Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM
Slackware Linux
Opensuse
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise
Mozilla Thunderbird
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE)
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance

How to mitigate CVE-2018-18498

Update to version 64.0.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 64.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 60.4
Firefox ESR - update to 60.4.0
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.0.0.0.5.116
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.0.0.0.5.116
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 12.1.0.65

External References

Related Security Bulletins