CVE-2018-5127: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A buffer overflow can occur when manipulating the SVG "animatedPathSegList" through script. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.7, Firefox ESR < 52.7, and Firefox < 59.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 17.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Mozilla Firefox: before 52.7.0 (fixed in 52.7.0); before 59.0 (fixed in 59.0)
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 52.7.0 (fixed in 52.7.0)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.4 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only

Published 2018-06-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.