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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Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| First Time appeared |
Mozilla firefox
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Mozilla firefox Esr
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Mozilla firefox
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T05:26:46.980Z
Reserved: 2018-01-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-5178
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:16.203
Modified: 2025-11-25T17:50:16.803
Link: CVE-2018-5178