CVE-2018-12389

8.8 HIGH
Published: February 28, 2019 Modified: November 25, 2025
View on NVD

Description

Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 60.2. 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 ESR < 60.3 and Thunderbird < 60.3.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105723
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105769
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3531
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3532
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1498460%2C1499198
Source: security@mozilla.org
Broken Link Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3868-1/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4337
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-28/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105723
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105769
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3531
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3532
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1498460%2C1499198
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3868-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4337
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-28/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

34 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.8%
82th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

mozilla debian redhat canonical

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