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CVE-2018-5156
CRITICAL
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.
Published: Oct 18, 2018
Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-20
CVSS Metrics
CVSSv3
Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products (20)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.6 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.5 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.6 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_tus | 7.6 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
| debian | debian_linux | 9.0 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 17.10 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 18.04 |
| mozilla | firefox | * < 52.9.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | * < 61.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | * ≥ 52.9.1 < 60.1.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | * < 60.0 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-x98g-g264-xxpx
A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as...
References (32)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1453127 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4295 Third 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
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
9.8 / 10
EPSS Score
3.76%
Top 11% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
40.3 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
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