CVE-2018-5156
Thunderbird/Firefox Media Stream Type Confusion Buffer Overflow
Description
A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occurring. This can result in stream data being cast to the wrong type causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 18, 2018, 1:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 21, 2024, 1:55 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
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CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 52.9.1 from (excluding) 60.1.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 52.9.1 from (excluding) 60.1.0 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 06, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1453127 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1453127 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4295 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4295 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/ Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-20 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 61.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 52.9.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 52.9.1 up to (excluding) 60.1.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 60.0 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 25, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 16, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occuring. This can result in stream data being cast to the wrong type causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61. A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occurring. This can result in stream data being cast to the wrong type causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61. -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 13, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 20, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 19, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4295 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-5156
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.64 }} -0.01%
score
0.78884
percentile