CVE-2018-5183
Mozilla: Backport critical security fixes in Skia
Severity Score
9.8
*CVSS v3
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*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
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*SSVC
Descriptions
Mozilla developers backported selected changes in the Skia library. These changes correct memory corruption issues including invalid buffer reads and writes during graphic operations. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
Los desarrolladores de Mozilla aplicaron los cambios seleccionados en la biblioteca Skia. Estos cambios corrigen los problemas de corrupción de memoria, incluyendo las lecturas y escrituras de búfer no válidas durante las operaciones gráficas. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a las versiones anteriores a la 52.8 de Thunderbird ESR, las versiones anteriores a la 52.8 de Thunderbird y las versiones anteriores a la 52.8 de Firefox ESR.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, install lightweight themes without user interaction, or execute arbitrary code. An issue was discovered when processing message headers in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application hang. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Timeline
- 2018-01-03 CVE Reserved
- 2018-05-11 CVE Published
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2025-05-12 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
- CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CAPEC
References (17)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104138 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040898 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html | Mailing List |
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html | Mailing List |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414 | 2019-03-13 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415 | 2019-03-13 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725 | 2019-03-13 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726 | 2019-03-13 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 | 2019-03-13 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 | 2019-03-13 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1 | 2019-03-13 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199 | 2019-03-13 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209 | 2019-03-13 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12 | 2019-03-13 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13 | 2019-03-13 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5183 | 2018-05-24 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1576283 | 2018-05-24 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" | 6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "6.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" | 6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "6.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" | 7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "7.6" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" | 7.5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.5" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" | 7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.6" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" | 7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" and version "7.6" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" | 6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "6.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 17.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "17.10" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04" | lts |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | < 52.8.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 52.8.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 52.8.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 52.8.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr" | < 52.8.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr" and version " < 52.8.0" | - |
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