CVE-2018-5129

A lack of parameter validation on IPC messages results in a potential out-of-bounds write through malformed IPC messages. This can potentially allow for sandbox escape through memory corruption in the parent process. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.7, Firefox ESR < 52.7, and Firefox < 59.

CVSS v3.0

8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

3.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 86th percentile

Published

2018-06-11

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• Escapingbug/awesome-browser-exploit2296★ · 2023-09-18
• Mr-Anonymous002/awesome-browser-exploit0★ · 2022-01-05
• SkyBulk/the-day-of-nightmares18★ · 2019-05-03

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-0041
• CVE-2021-44228
• CVE-2011-1260
• CVE-2013-3893
• CVE-2019-0539
• CVE-2018-5123