CVE-2018-18502

Published: Feb 5, 2019Modified: Nov 21, 2024

9.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 64. 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 < 65.

Affected (5)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Before 65.0

Configuration B

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 18.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 18.10

Related CWEs

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 (6)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106773

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3874-1/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-01/

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106773

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3874-1/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-01/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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