Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2018-5180
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur during WebGL operations. While this results in a potentially exploitable crash, the vulnerability is limited because the memory is freed and reused in a brief window of time during the freeing of the same callstack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.023 (81.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@mozilla.org (Permissions Required, x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-5180?
- CVE-2018-5180 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-11.
- How severe is CVE-2018-5180?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.