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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisories (MFSA2018-06, MFSA2018-07) - Mac OS X

🗓️ 15 Mar 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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Mozilla Firefox is prone to multiple vulnerabilities including buffer overflow, use-after-free, and memory corruption. Exploitation may lead to XSS attacks, system crashes, access to sensitive data, and bypassing security restrictions. It affects Firefox version before 59 on Mac OS X. Upgrade to version 59 or later

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.813036");
  script_version("2025-09-19T15:40:40+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-5127", "CVE-2018-5128", "CVE-2018-5129", "CVE-2018-5130",
                "CVE-2018-5131", "CVE-2018-5132", "CVE-2018-5133", "CVE-2018-5134",
                "CVE-2018-5135", "CVE-2018-5136", "CVE-2018-5137", "CVE-2018-5140",
                "CVE-2018-5141", "CVE-2018-5142", "CVE-2018-5143", "CVE-2018-5126",
                "CVE-2018-5125");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-08-06 17:58:00 +0000 (Mon, 06 Aug 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-03-15 11:41:39 +0530 (Thu, 15 Mar 2018)");
  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisories (MFSA2018-06, MFSA2018-07) - Mac OS X");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws exist due to:

  - A buffer overflow error when manipulating SVG animatedPathSegList through script.

  - An use-after-free error during editor operations.

  - A lack of parameter validation on IPC messages.

  - A memory corruption error when packets with a mismatched RTP payload type are
    sent in WebRTC connections.

  - Fetch API improperly returns cached copies of no-store/no-cache resources.

  - The Find API for WebExtensions can search some privileged pages.

  - The value of the app.support.baseURL preference is not properly sanitized.

  - WebExtensions may use view-source: URLs to bypass content restrictions.

  - WebExtensions can bypass normal restrictions in some circumstances.

  - Same-origin policy violation with data: URL shared workers.

  - Script content can access legacy extension non-contentaccessible resources.

  - Moz-icon images accessible to web content through moz-icon: protocol.

  - A vulnerability in the notifications Push API.

  - Media Capture and Streams API permissions display incorrect origin with data: and blob: URLs.

  - Self-XSS pasting javascript: URL with embedded tab into addressbar.

  - Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 59.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
  attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, crash the affected
  system, conduct sandbox escape, access sensitive data and bypass security
  restrictions.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox version before 59 on Mac OS X.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 59
  or later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_mozilla_prdts_detect_macosx.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Mozilla/Firefox/MacOSX/Version");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE)) exit(0);
ffVer = infos["version"];
ffPath = infos["location"];

if(version_is_less(version:ffVer, test_version:"59"))
{
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:ffVer, fixed_version:"59", install_path:ffPath);
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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