CVE-2018-5154

Publication date 10 May 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while enumerating attributes during SVG animations with clip paths. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
thunderbird 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
17.10 artful
Fixed 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
firefox 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
17.10 artful
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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