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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-5128

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when manipulating elements, events, and selection ranges during editor operations.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.82%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.82%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when manipulating elements, events, and selection ranges during editor operations. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

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
1.82% probability · 77th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
mozilla/firefox · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
security@mozilla.org

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