Out-of-Bounds Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <52.7.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.03% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE37-FIREFOXESR-467580
  • published22 Sept 2019
  • disclosed22 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Sep 2019

CVE-2018-5127  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.7 firefox-esr to version 52.7.2-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A buffer overflow can occur when manipulating the SVG "animatedPathSegList" through script. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.7, Firefox ESR < 52.7, and Firefox < 59.