7.5

CVE-2018-5180: canonical ubuntu_linux Use After Free

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-5180
Published 11-06-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-5180 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Use After Free vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.23%
0%100%
Low · -0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1USN-3645-1

Timeline

  1. 11-06-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur during WebGL operations. While this results in a potentially exploitable crash, the vulnerability is limited because the memory is freed and reused in a brief window of time during the freeing of the same callstack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.05 pp

From 2.28% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.23%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical1 product
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 60 | < 60.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • firefox< 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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