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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
34.98% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-FIREFOXESR-355199
  • published11 Jun 2018
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-5146  (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.

An out of bounds memory write while processing Vorbis audio data was reported through the Pwn2Own contest. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.0.1, Firefox ESR < 52.7.2, and Thunderbird < 52.7.