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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-5122

A potential integer overflow in the "DoCrypt" function of WebCrypto was identified.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.83%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A potential integer overflow in the "DoCrypt" function of WebCrypto was identified. If a means was found of exploiting it, it could result in an out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability affects 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
2.83% probability · 86th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-190, CWE-787
Affected
mozilla/firefox · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
security@mozilla.org

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