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CVE-2018-5089

Published: Jun 11, 2018Updated: Nov 25, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.3%
Top 12.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 57 and Firefox ESR 52.5. 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 < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

Novell Inc.
commercial·US
OpenSUSE LeapOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Suse Linux Enterprise DesktopOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP ApplicationsOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development KitOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance ComputingOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry PiOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Mozilla Corp.
oss-project·USaka Mozilla
Firefox ESROn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
ThunderbirdOn-premDesktop App
Communications / email-server-client
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka redhat, red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
UbuntuOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АО «ИВК»
commercial·RUaka ivk
Альт Линукс СПТOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5089&#13;
nvd.nist.gov
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5089&#13;
security-tracker.debian.org
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
mozilla.org
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