Improper Input Validation Affecting mozilla package, versions [,52.9.0)[52.9.1,60.0)(60.0,60.1.0)(60.1.0,61.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.69% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377422
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Oct 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-5156  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 52.9.0, 60.0, 60.1.0, 61.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occurring. This can result in stream data being cast to the wrong type causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.

CVSS Scores

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