CVE-2018-5180 (GCVE-0-2018-5180)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:26
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Summary
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur during WebGL operations. While this results in a potentially exploitable crash, the vulnerability is limited because the memory is freed and reused in a brief window of time during the freeing of the same callstack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • heap-use-after-free in mozilla::WebGLContext::DrawElementsInstanced
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1444086 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 60 (custom)
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Date Public
2018-05-09 00:00
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