CVE-2018-12363
Published: 27 June 2018
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when script uses mutation events to move DOM nodes between documents, resulting in the old document that held the node being freed but the node still having a pointer referencing it. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Released
(61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.17.10.1)
|
bionic |
Released
(61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
|
|
trusty |
Released
(61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2)
|
|
upstream |
Released
(61.0)
|
|
xenial |
Released
(61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2)
|
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Released
(1:52.9.1+build3-0ubuntu0.17.10.1)
|
bionic |
Released
(1:52.9.1+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
|
|
trusty |
Released
(1:52.9.1+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
|
|
upstream |
Released
(52.9.0)
|
|
xenial |
Released
(1:52.9.1+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 8.8 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/#CVE-2018-12363
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/#CVE-2018-12363
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/#CVE-2018-12363
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3705-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3714-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12363
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian