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CVE-2018-5178

HIGH · CVSS 8.1 EPSS 5.06%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-06-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.1. It affects Firefox, Java.

CVE
CVE-2018-5178
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.1
EPSS
5.06%
Firefox Java

Original NVD Description

A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data. This vulnerability requires the use of a malicious or vulnerable legacy extension in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.

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