CVE-2018-5188

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: 4%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60, and Firefox ESR 52.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EPSS
89.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

October 18, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Jun 8, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
generic

Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-13) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
generic

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

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

[SECURITY] [DLA 1425-1] thunderbird security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00013.html
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DLA 1406-1] firefox-esr security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html
generic

Client Challenge

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1456189%2C1456975%2C1465898%2C1392739%2C1451297%2C1464063%2C1437842%2C1442722%2C1452576%2C1450688%2C1458264%2C1458270%2C1465108%2C1464829%2C1464079%2C1463494%2C1458048
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2252
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2251
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112
generic
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104555

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2018-5188(4)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(7)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuxul-ext-lightning (1:52.9.1+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) @ xenial2026-05-28ubuntu
ubuntufirefox-testsuite (61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2) @ xenial2026-05-28ubuntu
ubuntulibmozjs-52-dev (52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-28ubuntu
redhatthunderbird-0:52.9.1-1.el7_52018-07-24redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:52.9.1-1.el62018-07-24redhat
redhatfirefox-0:60.1.0-4.el7_52018-06-28redhat
redhatfirefox-0:60.1.0-5.el62018-06-28redhat

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.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(3)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 47× in last 30d)

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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  40. 2026-05-28 01:51 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-5188?
CVE-2018-5188 is a critical vulnerability published on October 18, 2018. Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60, and Firefox ESR 52.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird <…
When was CVE-2018-5188 disclosed?
CVE-2018-5188 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 18, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2018-5188 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-5188 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 89.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-5188?
CVE-2018-5188 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-5188?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-5188, 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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