Critical severity · published Oct 18, 2018
CVE-2018-5156
A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occurring
9.8
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occurring. This can result in stream data being cast to the wrong type causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 52.9.0; before 61.0; 52.9.1 before 60.1.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.5; 7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
before 60.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 17.10; 18.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5156
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5156
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1453127
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html
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