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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-5156): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 26, 2018
Added
Jul 12, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occurring. This can result in stream data being cast to the wrong type causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-firefox
Title
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