DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5178

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5178
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5178.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5178
Upstream
Published
2018-06-11T21:29:16Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:23:30Z
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"
}

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

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"
}

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

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"
}

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

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"
}

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"
}