CVE-2018-5178

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5178
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-5178.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-5178
Downstream
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Published
2018-06-11T21:29:16Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
52.8.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
52.8.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
52.8.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
52.8.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:11 / thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:52.8.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:52.8.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:52.8.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:52.8.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}