critical
CVE-2018-5097
Mozilla: Use-after-free when source document is manipulated during XSLT (MFSA 2018-03)
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Oracle (high), Ubuntu (medium).
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur during XSL transformations when the source document for the transformation is manipulated by script content during the transformation. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alpine 3.10 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.11 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.12 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.13 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.14 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.15 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.16 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.17 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.18 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.19 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.20 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.21 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
Show all 45 entries from 31 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alpine 3.10 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.11 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.12 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.13 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.14 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.15 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.16 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.17 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.18 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.19 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.20 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.21 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.22 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.23 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.7 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.8 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.9 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0-r0 |
| debian 11 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0esr-1 |
| debian 11 | thunderbird | 1:52.6.0-1 |
| debian 12 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0esr-1 |
| debian 12 | thunderbird | 1:52.6.0-1 |
| debian 13 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0esr-1 |
| debian 13 | thunderbird | 1:52.6.0-1 |
| debian 14 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0esr-1 |
| debian 14 | thunderbird | 1:52.6.0-1 |
| debian 7 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0esr-1~deb7u1 |
| debian 7 | thunderbird | 1:52.6.0-1~deb7u1 |
| debian 8 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0esr-1~deb8u1 |
| debian 8 | thunderbird | 1:52.6.0-1~deb8u1 |
| debian 9 | firefox-esr | 52.6.0esr-1~deb9u1 |
| debian 9 | thunderbird | 1:52.6.0-1~deb9u1 |
| echo | firefox-esr | 52.6.0esr-1 |
| echo | thunderbird | 1:52.6.0-1 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | firefox | 52.6.0-1.0.1.el6_9 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | thunderbird | 52.6.0-1.0.1.el6_9 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | firefox | 52.6.0-1.0.1.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | thunderbird | 52.6.0-1.0.1.el7_4 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | firefox | 58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | thunderbird | 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | firefox | 58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | thunderbird | 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 17.10 | firefox | 58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 |
| ubuntu 17.10 | thunderbird | 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 |
| ubuntu 18.04 | firefox | 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| ubuntu 18.04 | thunderbird | 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102783
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0122
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0262
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5097
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1387427
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2018-5097.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-0262.html
All 22 references
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00036.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5097
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3529-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3544-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5097
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4096
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4102
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/#CVE-2018-5097
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-04/