CVE-2018-5090

firefox: Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 57

CVE-2018-5090 is fixed in 4 products on 1 platform, first by firefox 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1, released March 14, 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
0.0227
83rd percentile

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 57. Some of these bugs showedevidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort thatsome of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerabilityaffects 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 · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 firefox 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Mar 14, 2018
firefox · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 firefox 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Mar 14, 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