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CVE-2018-5151

Publication date 11 May 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 59. 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 Firefox < 60.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 24.10 oracular
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
21.10 impish
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
19.04 disco
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
17.10 artful
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
mozjs38 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs52 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, fix deferred
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable, fix deferred
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

tyhicks

mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine

chrisccoulson

This is not fixed in mozjs52, but it's unclear whether it is unaffected or just ignored as the bugs are still private. Specifically, the following need investigating: - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1437455 (https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/4c96fc4ec2b0) - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1447989 (https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/faa0174ca76e) - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1438827 (https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/f9ec9a7399fa) - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436983 (https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/39b39fc61d53) - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1439655 (can't find a changeset referencing it) - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1367727 (can't find a changeset referencing it)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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