Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 60
Published Jun 11, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.72%
Description
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 59. 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 < 60.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<60
- Version
Configuration 2
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 17.10
- 18.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (23 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.72% (0.02721) | 85.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.76% (0.02756) | 84.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 2.74% (0.02742) | 86.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 4.61% (0.04615) | 88.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 12, 2025 | 5.75% (0.05745) | 89.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.79% (0.06786) | 90.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.69% (0.11686) | 89.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.91% (0.06907) | 90.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.74% (0.00740) | 81.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.74% (0.00740) | 80.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2023 | 0.74% (0.00740) | 78.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 2, 2023 | 0.80% (0.00799) | 79.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2023 | 0.86% (0.00859) | 80.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 5, 2023 | 1.20% (0.01195) | 83.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.72% (0.01719) | 85.87th | 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 |
References (10)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5151 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1445234%2C1449530%2C1437455%2C1447989%2C1438827%2C1436983%2C1435036%2C1440465%2C1439723%2C1448771%2C1453653%2C1454359%2C1432323%2C1454126%2C1436759%2C1439655%2C1448612%2C1449358%2C1367727%2C1452417 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1576251 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5151
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5151
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/#CVE-2018-5151
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/ x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.