Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-5122

critical

CVE-2018-5122

A potential integer overflow in the "DoCrypt" function of WebCrypto was identified.

Published Modified CWE 190, 787
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

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Ubuntu (low).

Description

A potential integer overflow in the "DoCrypt" function of WebCrypto was identified. If a means was found of exploiting it, it could result in an out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
ubuntu 14.04firefox58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
ubuntu 16.04firefox58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ubuntu 17.10firefox58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
ubuntu 18.04firefox59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1

References

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