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CVE-2018-5146

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5146 is a high-severity out-of-bounds memory write vulnerability affecting Firefox versions prior to 59.0.1, Firefox ESR prior to 52.7.2, and Thunderbird prior to 52.7, triggered by processing malicious Vorbis audio data. With a CVSS score of 8.8, it poses a significant risk, allowing for potential remote code execution and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction (e.g., visiting a malicious website). Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1205 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libvorbis-1:1.3.3-8.el7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:52.7.2-1.el6_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:52.7.0-1.el6_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libvorbis-1:1.2.3-5.el6_9.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:52.7.2-1.el7_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:52.7.0-1.el7_4
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libvorbis
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xulrunner
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: xulrunner

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-5146Critical

Mozilla: Vorbis audio processing out of bounds write (MFSA 2018-08)

Mar 16, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0549
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0647
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0648
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0649
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1058
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00022.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00029.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00033.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-13
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3545-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3599-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3604-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4140
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4143
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4155
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2018-08
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2018-09
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103432
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040544
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry