#VU10971 Integer overflow in Firefox ESR - CVE-2018-5144 

 

#VU10971 Integer overflow in Firefox ESR - CVE-2018-5144

Published: March 13, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10971
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5144
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Firefox ESR
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to integer overflow during conversion of text to some Unicode character sets. A remote attacker can supply unchecked length parameter, trigger overflow and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Update to version ESR 52.7.

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