CVE-2018-5155
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while adjusting layout during SVG animations with text paths. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8,
02 Description
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while adjusting layout during SVG animations with text paths. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-06-11 21:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 05:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-01-03
- Assigning CNA
- mozilla
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- be13c0b686b580b2c6fae5bc3168533d023104aafddbb442aa776c5d10163686
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1415https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201810-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1726https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1414https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201811-13https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3660-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/
- www.securitytracker.com1040896http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896
- www.debian.orgDSA-4199https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3645-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180525 [SECURITY] [DLA 1382-1] thunderbird security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180511 [SECURITY] [DLA 1376-1] firefox-esr security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1725https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725
- www.debian.orgDSA-4209https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1448774
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/
- www.securityfocus.com104136http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104136
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- firefox Fixed in 60.0-1
- thunderbird Fixed in 52.8.0-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- firefox-esr Fixed in 52.8.0esr-1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:52.8.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- firefox-esr Fixed in 52.8.0esr-1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:52.8.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- firefox-esr Fixed in 52.8.0esr-1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:52.8.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
- thunderbird Fixed in 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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