Name: CVE-2018-5094: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-5094, CWE-119, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.3543

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability may occur in WebAssembly when "shrinkElements" is called followed by garbage collection on memory that is now uninitialized. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade waterfoxUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade libxulUpgrade firefoxUpgrade linux-thunderbird	Dec 10, 2025	Jan 23, 2018
Mfsa2018 02	—	Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 58.0Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox	Jan 24, 2018	Jan 23, 2018
Suse	—	Upgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox	May 20, 2018	Jan 24, 2018
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade firefox	Apr 26, 2018	Jan 24, 2018

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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