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Mozilla Firefox ESR Security Advisories (MFSA2018-08, MFSA2018-08) - Mac OS X

🗓️ 22 Mar 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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Mozilla Firefox ESR is prone to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. The flaw exists due to an out of bounds memory write error in libvorbis library. Successful exploitation will allow attackers to execute arbitrary code within the context of the user running the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will likely cause denial-of-service conditions. Affected version is Mozilla Firefox ESR before 52.7.2 on Mac OS X. Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 52.7.2 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_esr";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.813048");
  script_version("2025-09-19T15:40:40+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-5146");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/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:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-03-11 19:33:00 +0000 (Mon, 11 Mar 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-03-22 11:02:28 +0530 (Thu, 22 Mar 2018)");
  script_name("Mozilla Firefox ESR Security Advisories (MFSA2018-08, MFSA2018-08) - Mac OS X");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox ESR is prone to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to an out of bounds
  memory write error in libvorbis library.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers
  to execute arbitrary code within the context of the user running the affected
  application. Failed exploit attempts will likely cause denial-of-service
  conditions.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox ESR version before 52.7.2 on Mac OS X.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 52.7.2
  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/mfsa2018-08/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103432");
  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-ESR/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:"52.7.2"))
{
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:ffVer, fixed_version:"52.7.2", install_path:ffPath);
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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