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CVE-2018-5160 — WebRTC can use a "WrappedI420Buffer" pixel buffer but the owning image object ca

WebRTC can use a "WrappedI420Buffer" pixel buffer but the owning image object can be freed while it is still in use. This can result in the WebRTC encoder using uninitialized memory, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

CVSS
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EPSS
2.37% (top 15.20%)
CWE
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Published
2018-06-11T21:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T05:26:46.989Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

WebRTC can use a "WrappedI420Buffer" pixel buffer but the owning image object can be freed while it is still in use. This can result in the WebRTC encoder using uninitialized memory, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MozillaFirefoxunspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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