CVE-2018-5148

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in the compositor during certain graphics operations when a raw pointer is used instead of a reference counted one. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.7.3 and Firefox < 59.0.2.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	>= unspecified, < 52.7.3
Mozilla	Firefox	>= unspecified, < 59.0.2

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103506Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040574Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1098Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1099Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1440717Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00023.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3609-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4153Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-10/Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103506Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040574Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1098Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1099Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1440717Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00023.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3609-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4153Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-10/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

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

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