Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5186
CVE-2018-5186
Description
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60. Some of 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 < 61.
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <61.0
- (no CPE)range: <61
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
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:*:*:*
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 92.0-1.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104557nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/nvdVendor Advisory
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