CVE-2018-5125

Publication date 14 March 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 58 and Firefox ESR 52.6. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.7, Firefox ESR < 52.7, and Firefox < 59.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
21.10 impish
Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
19.04 disco
Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
17.10 artful
Fixed 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
mozjs38 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs52 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 52.8.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
17.10 artful
Fixed 52.8.1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
thunderbird 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
21.10 impish
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
19.04 disco
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
17.10 artful
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Notes

tyhicks

mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3545-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 29 March 2018
    • USN-3596-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 14 March 2018
    • USN-3688-1
    • Spidermonkey vulnerabilities
    • 19 June 2018

Other references