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Red Hat: CVE-2018-18498: Critical: firefox security update (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-18498: Critical: firefox security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/17/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
12/18/2018
Modified
03/03/2021

Description

A potential vulnerability leading to an integer overflow can occur during buffer size calculations for images when a raw value is used instead of the checked value. This leads to a possible out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.4, Firefox ESR < 60.4, and Firefox < 64.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-firefox
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo

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