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CVE-2018-5093

34
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
20.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2002 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPermissions Required
usn.ubuntu.com / 3544-1
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2018-02
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102786
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040270
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry