Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2018-5178

Disclosure Date: June 11, 2018 •
CVE-2018-5178 CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.1
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Description

A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data. This vulnerability requires the use of a malicious or vulnerable legacy extension in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
8.1 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
2.2
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
High
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
Thunderbird ESR 52.8
Thunderbird 52.8
Firefox ESR 52.8
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • debian,
  • mozilla,
  • redhat

Products

  • debian linux 7.0,
  • debian linux 8.0,
  • debian linux 9.0,
  • enterprise linux desktop 6.0,
  • enterprise linux desktop 7.0,
  • enterprise linux server 6.0,
  • enterprise linux server 7.0,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.5,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux workstation 6.0,
  • enterprise linux workstation 7.0,
  • firefox esr,
  • thunderbird,
  • thunderbird esr,
  • ubuntu linux 14.04,
  • ubuntu linux 16.04,
  • ubuntu linux 17.10,
  • ubuntu linux 18.04
Technical Analysis