CVE-2018-12388
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CVE-2018-12388 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 62. 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. EPSS estimates a 1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 62. 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 Firefox < 63.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 63.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.10 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105721Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1472639%2C1485698%2C1301547%2C1471427%2C1379411%2C1482122%2C1486314%2C1487167Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105721Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1472639%2C1485698%2C1301547%2C1471427%2C1379411%2C1482122%2C1486314%2C1487167Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/Vendor Advisory
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