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MFSA2018-08 Firefox: Out of bounds memory write while processing Vorbis audio data (CVE-2018-5146)

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MFSA2018-08 Firefox: Out of bounds memory write while processing Vorbis audio data (CVE-2018-5146)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/16/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/19/2018
Modified
08/10/2018

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-52_7_2
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-59_0_1

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