PT-2017-3986 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+7

Nils · Published 2017-09-13 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2018-5098

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Thunderbird versions prior to 52.6 Firefox ESR versions prior to 52.6 Firefox versions prior to 58

Description A use-after-free issue can occur when form input elements, focus, and selections are manipulated by script content, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. The vulnerability is related to the use of memory after it has been freed, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Thunderbird versions prior to 52.6, update to version 52.6 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 52.6, update to version 52.6 or later. For Firefox versions prior to 58, update to version 58 or later.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1101

ALT-PU-2018-1178

ALT-PU-2018-1854

BDU:2021-00021

CESA-2018_0122

CESA-2018_0262

CVE-2018-5098

DLA-1256-1

DLA-1262-1

DSA-4096-1

DSA-4102-1

MGASA-2018-0097

MGASA-2018-0099

MGASA-2018-0115

MGASA-2018-0338

OPENSUSE-SU-2018:0256-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018:0257-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_0203-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_0257-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2018:0122

RHSA-2018:0262

RHSA-2018_0122

RHSA-2018_0262

SUSE-SU-2018:0361-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0374-1

USN-3529-1

USN-3544-1

USN-3544-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox

Firefox Esr

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2054

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5102 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-07 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5098 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5094 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4102 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0262 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0338 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0115 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4096 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5106 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4096-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5092 · Vendor Advisory