Bug 1576259 (CVE-2018-5158) - CVE-2018-5158 Mozilla: Malicious PDF can inject JavaScript into PDF Viewer
Summary: CVE-2018-5158 Mozilla: Malicious PDF can inject JavaScript into PDF Viewer
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-5158
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1573377 1573378 1573379 1573380 1578632
Blocks: 1573375
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-05-09 07:12 UTC by Doran Moppert
Modified: 2021-02-26 02:30 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:21:55 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:1414 0 None None None 2018-05-14 14:39:57 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:1415 0 None None None 2018-05-14 15:14:13 UTC

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
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