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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-5089

Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.30%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 57 and Firefox ESR 52.5. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
3.30% probability · 88th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
canonical/ubuntu linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · debian/debian linux · mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird
Source
security@mozilla.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.