vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2018-5186)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 18, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 18, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
Several memory safety bugs have been found in Firefox before 61.0. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and Mozilla presumes that with enough effort some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2018-5186
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-5186
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104557
- URL-http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193
- URL-https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1464872%2C1463329%2C1419373%2C1412882%2C1413033%2C1444673%2C1454448%2C1453505%2C1438671
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201806-14
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
- URL-https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/
- CWE-119
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