CVE-2018-5180

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur during WebGL operations. While this results in a potentially exploitable crash, the vulnerability is limited because the memory is freed and reused in a brief window of time during the freeing of the same callstack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	>= unspecified, < 60

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1444086Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1444086Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

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

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