Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-5156

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.

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Affected products

Mozilla Corporation/Thunderbirdv53 versions
unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: <60
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <60.0
Mozilla Corporation/Firefoxv54 versions
unspecified+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: <60.1, <52.9
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <52.9.0
osv-coords25 versions
pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012 pkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/seamonkey&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015 pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207 pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204 pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015 pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015 pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATA pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSS pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 52.9.0esr-109.38.2+ 24 more
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-109.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-109.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 60.3.0-74.2
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-109.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-109.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-72.38.6
- (no CPE)range: < 2.49.4-bp150.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-109.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-109.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-109.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-109.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-109.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-72.38.6
- (no CPE)range: < 60.2.1-3.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-3.7.12
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-109.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-72.38.6
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-72.38.6
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-72.38.6
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-72.38.6
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-109.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 52.9.0esr-109.38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 91.1.1-1.1
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Desktop2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server Aus
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Eus2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server Tus
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Workstation2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Canonical/Ubuntu Linux4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113nvdThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01nvdThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13nvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235nvdThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4295nvdThird Party Advisory
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/nvdVendor Advisory
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/nvdVendor Advisory
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/nvdVendor Advisory
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/nvdVendor Advisory

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