CVE-2018-5158
HIGH 8.8EPSS 10.2%
The PDF viewer does not sufficiently sanitize PostScript calculator functions, allowing malicious JavaScript to be injected through a crafted PDF file. This JavaScript can then be run with the permissions of the PDF viewer by its worker. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.8 and Firefox < 60.
- Affected
- Mozilla · Firefox ESR · Firefox
- CVSS v3.0 NVD
- 8.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 10.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Updated
- 2024-08-05
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- puzzle-tools/-CVE-2018-5158.pdf1★ · 2024-01-26
Security advisories
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1452075
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104136
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199
- advisories/GHSA-7jg2-jgv3-fmr4