CVE-2018-5146

Publication date 16 March 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An out of bounds memory write while processing Vorbis audio data was reported through the Pwn2Own contest. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.0.1, Firefox ESR < 52.7.2, and Thunderbird < 52.7.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libvorbis	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Fixed 1.3.5-4ubuntu0.2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.3.5-3ubuntu0.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.3.2-1.3ubuntu1.2
firefox	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
firefox-esr	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
thunderbird	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1
	17.10 artful	Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libvorbis	Upstream: https://git.xiph.org/?p=vorbis.git;a=commit;h=667ceb4aab60c1f74060143bb24e5f427b3cce5f

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3599-1
Firefox vulnerability
16 March 2018

USN-3545-1
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
29 March 2018

USN-3604-1
libvorbis vulnerability
22 March 2018