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CVE-2018-5096
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while editing events in form elements on a page, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash.…
Critical9.8EPSS 2.9%
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- mozilla
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while editing events in form elements on a page, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.6 and Thunderbird < 52.6.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Use-after-free while editing form elements
- CWE-416 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-416 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 52.6
- affected unspecified – < 52.6
References (10)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180129 [SECURITY] [DLA 1262-1] thunderbird security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0262 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 102771 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-04/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0122 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180124 [SECURITY] [DLA 1256-1] firefox-esr security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418922 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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