CVE-2018-5125

firefox: Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 58 and Firefox ESR 52.6

CVE-2018-5125 is fixed in 13 products on 1 platform, first by thunderbird 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1, released March 15, 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
0.0248
84th percentile

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 58 and Firefox ESR 52.6. 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 < 52.7, Firefox ESR < 52.7, and Firefox < 59.

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) 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 thunderbird 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Mar 15, 2018
thunderbird-globalmenu · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 thunderbird-globalmenu 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Mar 15, 2018
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Mar 15, 2018
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Mar 15, 2018
thunderbird-testsuite · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 thunderbird-testsuite 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Mar 15, 2018
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Mar 15, 2018
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Mar 15, 2018
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 xul-ext-lightning 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 Mar 15, 2018

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