Description
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60 and Firefox ESR 60. 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 < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, and Firefox < 61.
Published: 2018-10-18
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 2.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1575-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4295-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-16972 Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60 and Firefox ESR 60. 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 < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, and Firefox < 61.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3705-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla firefox Esr

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Debian Debian Linux
Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:26:47.047Z

Reserved: 2018-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-5187

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-18T13:29:06.947

Modified: 2025-11-25T17:50:16.803

Link: CVE-2018-5187

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2018-06-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-5187 - Bugzilla

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