CRITICAL
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 57
Published Jun 11, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.25%
Description
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 57. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<58
- Version
Configuration 2
OR
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 17.10
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.25% 0.02245
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02245
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.25% (0.02245) | 82.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.27% (0.02274) | 80.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 8, 2025 | 2.13% (0.02132) | 83.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.44% (0.03440) | 86.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.60% (0.07600) | 86.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.63% (0.02628) | 84.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.58% (0.00584) | 78.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 20, 2024 | 0.58% (0.00584) | 77.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2023 | 0.58% (0.00584) | 75.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 2, 2023 | 0.63% (0.00631) | 76.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2023 | 0.71% (0.00711) | 77.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 5, 2023 | 0.72% (0.00717) | 77.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 81.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01020) | 27.25th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01020) | 26.63th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.02% (0.01020) | 61.88th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.02% (0.01020) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (5)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1413857%2C1412653%2C1418966%2C1427126%2C1412942%2C1401459%2C1364399%2C1382851%2C1423770%2C1401420%2C1281965%2C1389561%2C1409179%2C1416879%2C1421786%2C1426449%2C1416799%2C1400912%2C1415158%2C1415748%2C1415788%2C1371891%2C1415770%2C1416519%2C1413143%2C1418841%2C1384544%2C1410140%2C1411631%2C1412313%2C1412641%2C1412645%2C1412646%2C1412648%2C1261175 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1413857%2C1412653%2C1418966%2C1427126%2C1412942%2C1401459%2C1364399%2C1382851%2C1423770%2C1401420%2C1281965%2C1389561%2C1409179%2C1416879%2C1421786%2C1426449%2C1416799%2C1400912%2C1415158%2C1415748%2C1415788%2C1371891%2C1415770%2C1416519%2C1413143%2C1418841%2C1384544%2C1410140%2C1411631%2C1412313%2C1412641%2C1412645%2C1412646%2C1412648%2C1261175 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mozilla
Published Jun 11, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 3, 2018
Link CVE-2018-5090
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a