CVE-2018-12375

Published: Oct 18, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

8.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 61. 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 < 62.

Affected (4)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Before 62.0

Configuration B

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 18.04

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (10)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105276

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1478849%2C1433502%2C1480965%2C894215%2C1462693%2C1475431%2C1461027

Source: security@mozilla.org

Issue TrackingNot ApplicableVendor Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3761-1/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105276