CVE-2018-5158
High · 8.8CVSS
8.8
EPSS
10.2%
Published
Jun 11, 2018
CISA due date
—
The record
The PDF viewer does not sufficiently sanitize PostScript calculator functions, allowing malicious JavaScript to be injected through a crafted PDF file. This JavaScript can then be run with the permissions of the PDF viewer by its worker. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.8 and Firefox < 60.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | pdfjs-dist | 0 | 1.10.100 |
| npm | pdfjs-dist | 2.0.0 | 2.0.550 |
| Debian:11 | firefox-esr | 0 | 52.8.0esr-1 |
| Debian:12 | firefox-esr | 0 | 52.8.0esr-1 |
| Debian:13 | firefox-esr | 0 | 52.8.0esr-1 |
| Debian:7 | firefox-esr | 0 | 52.8.0esr-1~deb7u1 |
| Debian:8 | firefox-esr | 0 | 52.8.0esr-1~deb8u1 |
| Debian:9 | firefox-esr | 0 | 52.8.0esr-1~deb9u1 |
| Mageia:6 | firefox | 0 | 52.8.0-1.mga6 |
| Mageia:6 | firefox-l10n | 0 | 52.8.0-1.mga6 |
| Mageia:6 | iceape | 0 | 2.49.3-1.mga6 |
| Mageia:6 | nss | 0 | 3.28.6-1.4.mga6 |
| Mageia:6 | rootcerts | 0 | 20180411.00-1.mga6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | firefox | 0 | 0:52.8.0-1.el6_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:52.8.0-1.el6_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | firefox | 0 | 0:52.8.0-1.el6_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:52.8.0-1.el6_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | firefox | 0 | 0:52.8.0-1.el6_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:52.8.0-1.el6_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | firefox | 0 | 0:52.8.0-1.el6_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:52.8.0-1.el6_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | firefox | 0 | 0:52.8.0-1.el7_5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:52.8.0-1.el7_5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | firefox | 0 | 0:52.8.0-1.el7_5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:52.8.0-1.el7_5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | firefox | 0 | 0:52.8.0-1.el7_5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | firefox-debuginfo | 0 | 0:52.8.0-1.el7_5 |
| SUSE:Enterprise Storage 4 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-109.31.2 |
| SUSE:Enterprise Storage 5 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-109.31.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.9.0esr-3.7.12 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-72.32.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-72.32.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-72.32.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-72.32.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-109.31.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-109.31.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-109.31.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-109.31.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-109.31.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-72.32.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-109.31.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-109.31.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-109.31.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-72.32.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-109.31.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 52.8.0esr-109.31.2 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 8 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | 0 | 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | 0 | 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | firefox | 0 | 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | MozillaFirefox | 0 | 92.0-1.2 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | firefox-esr | 0 | 128.5.1-1.1 |
Related vulnerabilities
- CVE-2024-4367 A type check was missing when handling fonts in PDF.js, which would allow arbitrary… Also affects pdfjs-dist
- CVE-2024-34342 react-pdf displays PDFs in React apps. Also affects pdfjs-dist
- CVE-2025-0243 Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 133, Thunderbird 133, Firefox ESR 128.5, and… Also affects firefox-esr
- CVE-2025-0237 The WebChannel API, which is used to transport various information across processes, did… Also affects firefox-esr
- CVE-2025-0238 Assuming a controlled failed memory allocation, an attacker could have caused a… Also affects firefox-esr
- CVE-2025-0240 Parsing a JavaScript module as JSON could, under some circumstances, cause… Also affects firefox-esr
- CVE-2025-0239 When using Alt-Svc, ALPN did not properly validate certificates when the original server… Also affects firefox-esr
- CVE-2025-0241 When segmenting specially crafted text, segmentation would corrupt memory leading to a… Also affects firefox-esr