CVE-2018-5093 describes a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in WebAssembly within Firefox versions prior to 58, affecting Mozilla Firefox and Canonical Ubuntu Linux. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) can lead to a denial of service due to a potentially exploitable crash during memory or table resizing. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, its high FAUCET Risk Score suggests a significant underlying risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 57.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 58CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.