Bug 1595038 (CVE-2018-5186)

Summary:	CVE-2018-5186 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 61
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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Description Doran Moppert 2018-06-26 01:53:34 UTC

Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60. 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.


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/#CVE-2018-5186

Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2018-06-26 01:53:38 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Christian Holler, Jason Kratzer, Jon Coppeard, Randell Jesup, Ronald Crane, Boris Zbarsky