CVE-2018-5178

A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data. This vulnerability requires the use of a malicious or vulnerable legacy extension in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.

• CWE-119

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104138Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040898Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1443891Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.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/3660-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104138Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040898Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1443891Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.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/3660-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 11, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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