CVE-2018-5156

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.

• CWE-20

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1453127Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4295Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1453127Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4295Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/Vendor Advisory

Published

Oct 18, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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