Vulnerability CVE-2018-5156
Published: 2018-10-18

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.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server aus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server tus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Mozilla -> Firefox 
Mozilla -> Firefox esr 
Mozilla -> Thunderbird 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 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://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1453127
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4295
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/
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