Bug 1555129 – CVE-2018-5129 Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write with malformed IPC messages (MFSA 2018-07)

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Bug 1555129 - (CVE-2018-5129) CVE-2018-5129 Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write with malformed IPC messages (MFSA 2018-07)

Summary:	CVE-2018-5129 Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write with malformed IPC messages (MFSA ...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2018-5129

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1551856 1551857 1551858 1551859 1551863 1551864 1551865 1551866
Blocks:	1551854
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Reported:	2018-03-13 22:03 EDT by Doran Moppert
Modified:	2018-06-19 20:53 EDT (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2018:0526	None	None	None	2018-03-15 06:31 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2018:0527	None	None	None	2018-03-15 07:20 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2018:0647	None	None	None	2018-04-05 16:23 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2018:0648	None	None	None	2018-04-05 16:05 EDT

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Description Doran Moppert 2018-03-13 22:03:56 EDT

A lack of parameter validation on IPC messages results in a potential out-of-bounds write through malformed IPC messages. This can potentially allow for sandbox escape through memory corruption in the parent process.



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-07/#CVE-2018-5129

Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2018-03-13 22:04:02 EDT

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: James Grant

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2018-03-15 06:31:35 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2018:0526 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0526

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2018-03-15 07:20:30 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:0527 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0527

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-05 16:05:15 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:0648 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0648

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-05 16:23:11 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2018:0647 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0647

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