CVE-2018-5156

CRITICAL

Thunderbird <60 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occurring. This can result in stream data being cast to the wrong type causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.

References (16)

Core 16
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1453127
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4295
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0295
EPSS Percentile 86.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (18)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
mozilla/firefox < 52.9.0
mozilla/thunderbird < 60.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
... and 8 more
Published Oct 18, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026