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firefox-esr, thunderbird — security advisory
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 59, Firefox ESR 52.7, and Thunderbird 52.7. 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 Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
- Products
- firefox-esr, thunderbird
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:52.8.0-1, 52.8.0esr-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-5150
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 01:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 59, Firefox ESR 52.7, and Thunderbird 52.7. 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 Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5150
firefox-esr
Fixed versions: 52.8.0esr-1
firefox-esr
Fixed versions: 52.8.0esr-1
firefox-esr
Fixed versions: 52.8.0esr-1
thunderbird
Fixed versions: 1:52.8.0-1
thunderbird
Fixed versions: 1:52.8.0-1
thunderbird
Fixed versions: 1:52.8.0-1
Complete source record
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