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critical9.8

CVE-2018-5156

A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occurring.

Impact

A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occurring. This can result in stream data being cast to the wrong type causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
RedhatEnterprise Linux Desktop
Versions 6.0, 7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server
Versions 6.0, 7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server Aus
Version 7.6
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server Eus
Versions 7.5, 7.6
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server Tus
Version 7.6
RedhatEnterprise Linux Workstation
Versions 6.0, 7.0
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 8.0, 9.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04
MozillaFirefox
before 52.9.0
before 61.0
from 52.9.1 before 60.1.0
MozillaThunderbird
before 60.0

Weakness classification

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