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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-5095): Firefox regressions

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-5095): Firefox regressions

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/05/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/26/2018
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

An integer overflow vulnerability in the Skia library when allocating memory for edge builders on some systems with at least 8 GB of RAM. This results in the use of uninitialized memory, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox
  • ubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird

References

  • USN-3529-1
  • USN-3544-1
  • USN-3544-2
  • CVE-2018-5095

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