# CVE-2018-5180: A use-after-free vulnerability can occur during WebGL operations.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 60
- Published: 2018-06-11 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Mozilla Firefox: fixed in 60

## Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur during WebGL operations. While this results in a potentially exploitable crash, the vulnerability is limited because the memory is freed and reused in a brief window of time during the freeing of the same callstack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Firefox, upgrade to a fixed version (60) per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1444086

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