# CVE-2018-5186: Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 61
- Published: 2018-10-18 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Mozilla Firefox: fixed in 61

## Description

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 61.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Firefox, upgrade to a fixed version (61) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104557
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1464872%2C1463329%2C1419373%2C1412882%2C1413033%2C1444673%2C1454448%2C1453505%2C1438671

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