CVE-2018-5146

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An out of bounds memory write while processing Vorbis audio data was reported through the Pwn2Own contest. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.0.1, Firefox ESR < 52.7.2, and Thunderbird < 52.7.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
MozillaFirefox>= unspecified, < 59.0.1
MozillaFirefox ESR>= unspecified, < 52.7.2
MozillaThunderbird>= unspecified, < 52.7

References

Timeline

Published
Jun 11, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-5146: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix