UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5145

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5145
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5145.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5145
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-03-15T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:43Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox ESR 52.6. These bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.7 and Thunderbird < 52.7.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS

thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/thunderbird@1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Affected versions

1:24.*

1:24.0+build1-0ubuntu1
1:24.0+build1-0ubuntu2
1:24.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1
1:24.1.1+build1-0ubuntu1
1:24.2.0+build1-0ubuntu1
1:24.4.0+build1-0ubuntu1
1:24.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

1:31.*

1:31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:31.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:31.1.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:31.2.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:31.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:31.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:31.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:31.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:31.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:31.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

1:38.*

1:38.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:38.4.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:38.5.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

1:45.*

1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
1:45.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.4
1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:45.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

1:52.*

1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:52.2.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:52.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
1:52.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-globalmenu",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-gnome-support",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-mozsymbols",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-testsuite",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xul-ext-calendar-timezones",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xul-ext-gdata-provider",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xul-ext-lightning",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/thunderbird@1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

1:38.*

1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu2
1:38.5.1+build2-0ubuntu1
1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1
1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

1:45.*

1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1:45.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1:45.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

1:52.*

1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1:52.2.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1:52.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
1:52.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-globalmenu",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-gnome-support",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-mozsymbols",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-testsuite",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xul-ext-calendar-timezones",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xul-ext-gdata-provider",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xul-ext-lightning",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/thunderbird@1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1

Affected versions

1:52.*

1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu2
1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-globalmenu",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-gnome-support",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-mozsymbols",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-testsuite",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xul-ext-calendar-timezones",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xul-ext-gdata-provider",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xul-ext-lightning",
            "binary_version": "1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS

mozjs52

Package

Name
mozjs52
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mozjs52@52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

52.*

52.3.1-0ubuntu3
52.3.1-7fakesync1
52.8.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libmozjs-52-0",
            "binary_version": "52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmozjs-52-dev",
            "binary_version": "52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

mozjs38

Package

Name
mozjs38
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mozjs38@38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu4?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

38.*

38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu1
38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu3
38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libmozjs-38-0",
            "binary_version": "38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmozjs-38-dev",
            "binary_version": "38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu4"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS

mozjs52

Package

Name
mozjs52
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mozjs52@52.9.1-1ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

52.*

52.9.1-1build1
52.9.1-1ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libmozjs-52-0",
            "binary_version": "52.9.1-1ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmozjs-52-dev",
            "binary_version": "52.9.1-1ubuntu3"
        }
    ]
}