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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-5144: Integer overflow during Unicode conversion

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-5144: Integer overflow during Unicode conversion

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/21/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/05/2018
Modified
06/17/2022

Description

An integer overflow can occur during conversion of text to some Unicode character sets due to an unchecked length parameter. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.7 and Thunderbird < 52.7.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr

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