CVE-2018-12378

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when an IndexedDB index is deleted while still in use by JavaScript code that is providing payload values to be stored. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.

• CWE-416

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105280Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2692Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2693Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1459383Issue Tracking
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3761-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3793-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4287Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4327Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-21/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-25/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105280Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2692Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2693Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1459383Issue Tracking
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3761-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3793-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4287Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4327Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-21/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-25/Vendor Advisory

Published

Oct 18, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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