First published: Tue Jan 23 2018(Updated: )
A potential integer overflow in the "DoCrypt" function of WebCrypto was identified. If a means was found of exploiting it, it could result in an out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
Credit: security@mozilla.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
debian/firefox | 131.0.2-2 | |
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird | <58 | 58 |
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird | <=57.0.4 | |
Ubuntu | =14.04 | |
Ubuntu | =16.04 | |
Ubuntu | =17.10 |
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(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
CVE-2018-5122 is a potential integer overflow vulnerability in the DoCrypt function of WebCrypto in Firefox < 58.
CVE-2018-5122 is considered to be a critical vulnerability with a severity value of 9.8.
Firefox versions earlier than 58 are affected by CVE-2018-5122.
The remedy for CVE-2018-5122 is to update Firefox to version 58 or higher.
More information about CVE-2018-5122 can be found in the references section of the vulnerability report.