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CVE-2018-5145

Publication date 15 March 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox ESR 52.6. 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 Firefox ESR < 52.7 and Thunderbird < 52.7.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
firefox-esr 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs38 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs52 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, fix deferred
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable, fix deferred
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
thunderbird 24.10 oracular
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
21.10 impish
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
19.04 disco
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
17.10 artful
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Notes

tyhicks

mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine

chrisccoulson

It's not clear whether this affects mozjs52, as the bugs are still private and some aren't referenced by any changesets. The following need investigating: - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1348955

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3545-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 29 March 2018

Other references