CVE-2018-12405
Last modified
CVE-2018-12405 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 63 and Firefox ESR 60.3. 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 3.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 63 and Firefox ESR 60.3. 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 Thunderbird < 60.4, Firefox ESR < 60.4, and Firefox < 64.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 60.4.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 64.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 60.4.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.10 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | 6.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 7.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | 7.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 7.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 7.0 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106168Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3831Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3833Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0159Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0160Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1494752%2C1498765%2C1503326%2C1505181%2C1500759%2C1504365%2C1506640%2C1503082%2C1502013%2C1510471Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3868-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4354Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4362Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-30/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-31/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106168Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3831Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3833Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0159Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0160Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1494752%2C1498765%2C1503326%2C1505181%2C1500759%2C1504365%2C1506640%2C1503082%2C1502013%2C1510471Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3868-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4354Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4362Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-30/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-31/Vendor Advisory
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