CVE-2018-5148
Critical
CVE-2018-5148
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in the compositor during certain graphics operations when a raw pointer is used instead of a reference counted one. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.7.3 and Firefox < 59.0.2.
Exploit probability
3.0%
Published
June 11, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-5148
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A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in the compositor during certain graphics operations when a raw pointer is used instead of a reference counted one. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.7.3 and Firefox < 59.0.2.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103506
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040574
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1098
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1099
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1440717
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00023.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3609-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4153
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-10/