CVE-2018-12363
Thunderbird/Firefox DOM Node Mutation Event Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 18, 2018, 1:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 3, 2018, 8:10 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Affected Products
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00013.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4244 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4244 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3714-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3714-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2251 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2251 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1464784 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1464784 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2252 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2252 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/ Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-416 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 61.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 52.9 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 53.0 up to (excluding) 60.1.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 52.9 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 52.9.1 up to (excluding) 60.0 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 25, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 20, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 19, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4244 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3714-1/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00013.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2252 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2251 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-12363 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-12363
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.51 }} -0.08%
score
0.76009
percentile