First published: Tue Jan 23 2018(Updated: )
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability may occur in WebAssembly when "shrinkElements" is called followed by garbage collection on memory that is now uninitialized. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
Credit: security@mozilla.org security@mozilla.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Mozilla Firefox | <58 | 58 |
Mozilla Firefox | <=57.0.4 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =17.10 | |
debian/firefox | 131.0.2-2 |
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(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
The vulnerability ID is CVE-2018-5094.
The severity of CVE-2018-5094 is high.
The Firefox browser versions before 58 are affected by CVE-2018-5094.
To fix CVE-2018-5094, update your Firefox browser to version 58 or later.
You can find more information about CVE-2018-5094 at the following references: [link1](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1415883), [link2](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/), [link3](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786).