CVE-2018-5188

Hay errores de seguridad de memoria en Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60 y Firefox ESR 52.8. Algunos de estos errores mostraron evidencias de corrupción de memoria y se entiende que, con el suficiente esfuerzo, algunos de estos podrían explotarse para ejecutar código arbitrario. La vulnerabilidad afecta a Thunderbird en versiones anteriores a la 60 y la 52.9, Firefox ESR en versiones anteriores a la 60.1 y la 52.9 y Firefox en versiones anteriores a la 61.

USN-3705-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced various minor regressions. This update fixes the problems. Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, read uninitialized memory, bypass same-origin restrictions, bypass CORS restrictions, bypass CSRF protections, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. A security issue was discovered with WebExtensions. If a user were tricked in to installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain full browser permissions. Various other issues were also addressed.