CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5158
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
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 configurations
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
• mozilla firefox (< 52.8.0)
• mozilla firefox (< 60.0)
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104136 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1452075 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104136 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1452075 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/ Vendor Advisory