UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5156

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5156

    Published: 27 Jun 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5156
    Aliases:
    USN-3705-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5156, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/#CVE-2018-12359, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/#CVE-2018-5165, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3705-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5156

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

    Affected versions

    24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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