CVE-2018-5089

firefox: Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 57 and Firefox ESR 52.5

CVE-2018-5089 is fixed in 13 products on 1 platform, first by thunderbird 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1, released January 22, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0334
88th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 firefox 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jun 11, 2018
firefox-globalmenu · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 firefox-globalmenu 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jun 11, 2018
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 firefox-mozsymbols 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jun 11, 2018
firefox-testsuite · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 firefox-testsuite 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jun 11, 2018
libmozjs-52-0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 52.8.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 libmozjs-52-0 52.8.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 May 9, 2018
thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 thunderbird 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 22, 2018
thunderbird-globalmenu · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 thunderbird-globalmenu 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 22, 2018
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 22, 2018
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 22, 2018
thunderbird-testsuite · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 thunderbird-testsuite 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 22, 2018
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 22, 2018
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 22, 2018
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 xul-ext-lightning 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 22, 2018