CVE-2018-5180

HIGH

Firefox < 60.0 - Use-After-Free during WebGL Operations

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur during WebGL operations. While this results in a potentially exploitable crash, the vulnerability is limited because the memory is freed and reused in a brief window of time during the freeing of the same callstack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
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_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1444086

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0176
EPSS Percentile 82.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
mozilla/firefox < 60.0
Published Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026