CVE-2018-5183

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 3%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Mozilla developers backported selected changes in the Skia library. These changes correct memory corruption issues including invalid buffer reads and writes during graphic operations. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EPSS
86.5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 11, 2018

Last Modified

November 25, 2025

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated May 25, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
generic

Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-01) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DLA 1382-1] thunderbird security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DLA 1376-1] firefox-esr security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html
generic

1454692 - (CVE-2018-5183) Backport relevant post-m55 Skia security fixes to ESR52

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1454692
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414
generic
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040898
generic
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104138

Patch Availability(5)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuxul-ext-lightning (1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) @ trusty2026-05-28ubuntu
redhatthunderbird-0:52.8.0-2.el6_92018-05-24redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:52.8.0-1.el7_52018-05-24redhat
redhatfirefox-0:52.8.0-1.el6_92018-05-14redhat
redhatfirefox-0:52.8.0-1.el7_52018-05-14redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(5)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-5183?
CVE-2018-5183 is a critical vulnerability published on June 11, 2018. Mozilla developers backported selected changes in the Skia library. These changes correct memory corruption issues including invalid buffer reads and writes during graphic operations. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
When was CVE-2018-5183 disclosed?
CVE-2018-5183 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 11, 2018, with the most recent update on November 25, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2018-5183 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-5183 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 86.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-5183?
CVE-2018-5183 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-5183?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-5183, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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