Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-5158. PoCs published by puzzle-tools.
Description
The PDF viewer does not sufficiently sanitize PostScript calculator functions, allowing malicious JavaScript to be injected through a crafted PDF file. This JavaScript can then be run with the permissions of the PDF viewer by its worker. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.8 and Firefox < 60.
Exploits (1)
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1452075
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104136
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.4303
EPSS Percentile
97.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-94
Status
published
Products (19)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
17.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
debian/debian_linux
7.0
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
mozilla/firefox
< 52.8.0
npm/pdfjs-dist
2.0.0 - 2.0.550npm
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
6.0
... and 9 more
Published
Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026