Bug 1576253 – CVE-2018-5153 Mozilla: Out-of-bounds read in mixed content websocket messages

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Bug 1576253 - (CVE-2018-5153) CVE-2018-5153 Mozilla: Out-of-bounds read in mixed content websocket messages

Summary:	CVE-2018-5153 Mozilla: Out-of-bounds read in mixed content websocket messages

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2018-5153

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

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Reported:	2018-05-09 03:12 EDT by Doran Moppert
Modified:	2018-05-24 01:16 EDT (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Description Doran Moppert 2018-05-09 03:12:15 EDT

If websocket data is sent with mixed text and binary in a single message, the binary data can be corrupted. This can result in an out-of-bounds read with the read memory sent to the originating server in response. 



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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/#CVE-2018-5153

Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2018-05-09 03:12:20 EDT

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Dennis Fuchs

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