Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting firefox package, versions <0:52.6.0-1.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.11% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FIREFOX-4789274
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed23 Jan 2018

Introduced: 23 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-5095  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 firefox to version 0:52.6.0-1.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0122.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An integer overflow vulnerability in the Skia library when allocating memory for edge builders on some systems with at least 8 GB of RAM. This results in the use of uninitialized memory, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.