#VU12541 Out-of-bounds read in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5153
Published: May 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12541
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5153
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Software vendor:
Mozilla
Mozilla
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds read in mixed content websocket messages. A remote attacker can send websocket data with mixed text and binary in a single message, corrupt binary data, trigger an out-of-bounds read with the read memory sent to the originating server in response.
The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds read in mixed content websocket messages. A remote attacker can send websocket data with mixed text and binary in a single message, corrupt binary data, trigger an out-of-bounds read with the read memory sent to the originating server in response.
Remediation
Update to version 60.0.