First published: Tue Mar 13 2018(Updated: )
An integer overflow can occur during conversion of text to some Unicode character sets due to an unchecked length parameter.
Credit: security@mozilla.org security@mozilla.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
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 | =7.4 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.2 | |
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 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =17.10 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | <52.7.0 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | <52.7.0 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | <52.7 | 52.7 |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | <52.7 | 52.7 |
debian/firefox-esr | 115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1 128.3.0esr-1~deb11u2 115.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 128.3.0esr-1~deb12u1 115.15.0esr-1 128.3.0esr-2 | |
debian/thunderbird | 1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1 1:115.15.0-1~deb11u1 1:115.12.0-1~deb12u1 1:115.15.0-1~deb12u1 1:128.2.0esr-1 1:128.3.0esr-1 |
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(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
CVE-2018-5144 is a vulnerability that can occur during the conversion of text to some Unicode character sets due to an unchecked length parameter.
Firefox ESR < 52.7 and Thunderbird < 52.7 are affected by CVE-2018-5144.
CVE-2018-5144 has a severity rating of 7.3 (high).
You can find more information about CVE-2018-5144 at the following references: [Mozilla Security Advisory](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-07/#CVE-2018-5144) and [Red Hat Security Advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0526).
To fix CVE-2018-5144, update Firefox ESR and Thunderbird to version 52.7 or higher.