Out-of-bounds Write Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <52.7.2esr-1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.63% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-FIREFOXESR-354803
  • published11 Jun 2018
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-5147  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 firefox-esr to version 52.7.2esr-1~deb8u1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The libtremor library has the same flaw as CVE-2018-5146. This library is used by Firefox in place of libvorbis on Android and ARM platforms. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.7.2 and Firefox < 59.0.1.