First published: Tue Jan 23 2018(Updated: )
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.
Credit: security@mozilla.org security@mozilla.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Mozilla Firefox ESR | <52.6 | 52.6 |
Mozilla Thunderbird | <52.6 | 52.6 |
Mozilla Firefox | <58 | 58 |
Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =6.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =6.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =6.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.3 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.4 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.3 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.4 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.5 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =6.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | <58.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | <52.6.0 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | <52.6.0 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =17.10 | |
debian/firefox | 131.0.2-2 | |
debian/firefox-esr | 115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1 128.3.1esr-1~deb11u1 115.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1 128.3.0esr-2 128.3.1esr-2 | |
debian/thunderbird | 1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1 1:115.16.0esr-1~deb11u1 1:115.12.0-1~deb12u1 1:115.16.0esr-1~deb12u1 1:128.2.0esr-1 1:128.3.0esr-1 |
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(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
CVE-2018-5095 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the Skia library that can result in a potentially exploitable crash.
The vulnerability affects Thunderbird versions <52.6 and Firefox ESR versions <52.6.
CVE-2018-5095 has a severity score of 9.8, which is considered critical.
For Ubuntu, the remedy for CVE-2018-5095 is to upgrade Firefox to version 58.0 or higher or Thunderbird to version 52.6.0 or higher.
You can find more information about CVE-2018-5095 on the Mozilla Bugzilla website, the Mozilla security advisories page, and the SecurityFocus website.