CVE-2018-5092

N/A
Published: June 11, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:59 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxFirefox

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when the thread for a Web Worker is freed from memory prematurely instead of from memory in the main thread while cancelling fetch operations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 57.0.4v < 58
Affected range stops below 58, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418074
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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