critical
CVE-2018-5156
Mozilla: Media recorder segmentation fault when track type is changed during capture
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, Oracle. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Ubuntu (medium).
Description
A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occurring. This can result in stream data being cast to the wrong type causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 7 | firefox | 60.1.0-4.0.1.el7_5 |
| debian 11 | firefox-esr, thunderbird | 52.9.0esr-1 and 1 more |
| debian 12 | firefox-esr, thunderbird | 52.9.0esr-1 and 1 more |
| debian 13 | firefox-esr, thunderbird | 52.9.0esr-1 and 1 more |
| debian 14 | firefox-esr, thunderbird | 52.9.0esr-1 and 1 more |
| debian 8 | firefox-esr, thunderbird | 52.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 and 1 more |
| debian 9 | firefox-esr, thunderbird | 52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1 and 1 more |
| echo | firefox-esr, thunderbird | 52.9.0esr-1 and 1 more |
| ubuntu 14.04 | firefox | 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | firefox | 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| ubuntu 17.10 | firefox | 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 |
| ubuntu 18.04 | firefox | 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
Show all 19 entries from 12 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 7 | firefox | 60.1.0-4.0.1.el7_5 |
| debian 11 | firefox-esr | 52.9.0esr-1 |
| debian 11 | thunderbird | 1:60.0-1 |
| debian 12 | firefox-esr | 52.9.0esr-1 |
| debian 12 | thunderbird | 1:60.0-1 |
| debian 13 | firefox-esr | 52.9.0esr-1 |
| debian 13 | thunderbird | 1:60.0-1 |
| debian 14 | firefox-esr | 52.9.0esr-1 |
| debian 14 | thunderbird | 1:60.0-1 |
| debian 8 | firefox-esr | 52.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 |
| debian 8 | thunderbird | 1:60.3.0-1~deb8u1 |
| debian 9 | firefox-esr | 52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1 |
| debian 9 | thunderbird | 1:60.0-3~deb9u1 |
| echo | firefox-esr | 52.9.0esr-1 |
| echo | thunderbird | 1:60.0-1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | firefox | 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | firefox | 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| ubuntu 17.10 | firefox | 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 |
| ubuntu 18.04 | firefox | 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5156
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1453127
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2018-5156.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-2113.html
All 25 references
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5156
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3705-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5156
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4295
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/#CVE-2018-12359
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/#CVE-2018-5156
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/#CVE-2018-5165
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/