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CVE-2018-5144
An integer overflow can occur during conversion of text to some Unicode character sets due to an unchecked length parameter. This…
High7.3EPSS 3.2%
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- mozilla
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% 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: High 7.3.
Weakness
- Integer overflow during Unicode conversion
- CWE-190 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-190 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 52.7
- affected unspecified – < 52.7
References (16)
- DSA-4139 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-201810-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- GLSA-201811-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0527 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3545-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180315 [SECURITY] [DLA 1308-1] firefox-esr security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-09/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-07/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0526 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180329 [SECURITY] [DLA 1327-1] thunderbird security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4155 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0648 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0647 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1440926 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1040514 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 103384 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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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