CVE-2018-12405

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: February 28, 2019 Modified: November 25, 2025
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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.

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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:N/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/106168
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3831
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3833
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0159
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0160
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1494752%2C1498765%2C1503326%2C1505181%2C1500759%2C1504365%2C1506640%2C1503082%2C1502013%2C1510471
Source: security@mozilla.org
Broken Link Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00002.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/
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-4354
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4362
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-30/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-31/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106168
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3831
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3833
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0159
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0160
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1494752%2C1498765%2C1503326%2C1505181%2C1500759%2C1504365%2C1506640%2C1503082%2C1502013%2C1510471
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/
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-4354
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4362
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-30/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-31/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

30 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
10.4%
93th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

mozilla debian redhat canonical

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