CVE-2018-5155

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while adjusting layout during SVG animations with text paths. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.

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

VendorProductVersions
MozillaThunderbird>= unspecified, < 52.8
MozillaThunderbird ESR>= unspecified, < 52.8
MozillaFirefox>= unspecified, < 60
MozillaFirefox ESR>= unspecified, < 52.8

References

Timeline

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

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CVE-2018-5155: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix