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CVE-2018-5159

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5159 is a critical integer overflow vulnerability in the Skia graphics library, affecting Firefox and Thunderbird versions prior to 60 and 52.8 respectively. This flaw, stemming from a 32-bit integer use in an array without overflow checks, can lead to out-of-bounds writes and a potentially exploitable crash. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it can be triggered remotely without user interaction (AV:N/UI:N) and has severe impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-44759), and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
21.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-44759 · May 25, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2129 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:52.8.0-1.el6_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:52.8.0-2.el6_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:52.8.0-1.el7_5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:52.8.0-1.el7_5
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-5159Important

Mozilla: Integer overflow and out-of-bounds write in Skia

May 9, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1414
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1415
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1725
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1726
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201810-01
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-13
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3645-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3660-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4199
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4209
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/44759
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2018-11
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2018-12
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2018-13
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104136
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040896
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry