RCE in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2018-5158
The PDF viewer does not sufficiently sanitize PostScript calculator functions, allowing malicious JavaScript to be injected through a crafted PDF file. This JavaScript can then be run with the permissions of the PDF viewer by its worker. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.8 and Firefox < 60.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.104 (95.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.104 · newest: 0.104 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 7.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus — versions 7.5, 7.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus — versions 7.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 6.0, 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/ (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-5158?
- CVE-2018-5158 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-06-11.
- How severe is CVE-2018-5158?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-5158 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.