Bug 1595037 (CVE-2018-5156)

Summary:	CVE-2018-5156 Mozilla: Media recorder segmentation fault when track type is changed during capture
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	cschalle, gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, security-response-team, stransky
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Bug Depends On:	1590694, 1590696, 1590697
Bug Blocks:	1590698

Description Doran Moppert 2018-06-26 01:53:25 UTC

An vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occuring. This can result in stream data being cast to the wrong type causing a potentially exploitable crash. 



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/#CVE-2018-5156

Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2018-06-26 01:53:29 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Nils

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2018-06-28 16:19:02 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2018:2112 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2018-06-28 16:19:23 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:2113 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113