CVE-2018-5178
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5178
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-5178.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-5178
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-06-11T21:29:16.203Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-15T22:26:17.131882Z
- Severity
-
- 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data. This vulnerability requires the use of a malicious or vulnerable legacy extension in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
- References
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- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040898
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104138
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1443891
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
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source
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