CVE-2018-5158

critical

Published 2022-05-14 · Modified 2024-05-28

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Arch Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Fixed	`60.0-1`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`52.8.0esr-1`
sid	Fixed	`60.0-1`
forky	Fixed	`52.8.0esr-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`52.8.0esr-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`52.8.0esr-1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
npm	pdfjs-dist	`>=2.0.0,<2.0.550`	`2.0.550`
npm	pdfjs-dist	`<1.10.100`	`1.10.100`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.