CVE-2018-18503

Publication date 30 January 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

When JavaScript is used to create and manipulate an audio buffer, a potentially exploitable crash may occur because of a compartment mismatch in some situations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 65.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 65.0+build2-0ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 65.0+build2-0ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 65.0+build2-0ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 65.0+build2-0ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 65.0+build2-0ubuntu1
21.10 impish
Fixed 65.0+build2-0ubuntu1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 65.0+build2-0ubuntu1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 65.0+build2-0ubuntu1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 65.0+build2-0ubuntu1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 65.0+build2-0ubuntu1
19.04 disco
Fixed 65.0+build2-0ubuntu1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 65.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 65.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 65.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 65.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
mozjs38 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs52 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs60 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

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mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3874-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 30 January 2019

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