Bug 1576259 (CVE-2018-5158)

Summary:	CVE-2018-5158 Mozilla: Malicious PDF can inject JavaScript into PDF Viewer
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	cschalle, gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, security-response-team, stransky
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Bug Depends On:	1573377, 1573378, 1573379, 1573380, 1578632
Bug Blocks:	1573375

Description Doran Moppert 2018-05-09 07:12:53 UTC

The PDF viewer does not sufficiently sanitize PostScript calculator functions, allowing malicious JavaScript to be injected through a crafted PDF file. This JavaScript can then be run with the permissions of the PDF viewer by its worker.



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/#CVE-2018-5158

Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2018-05-09 07:12:57 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Wladimir Palant

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2018-05-14 14:39:53 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2018:1414 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2018-05-14 15:14:08 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:1415 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415