8.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-12375
Firefox Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description

Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 61. 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 < 62.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 18, 2018, 1:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:45 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-12375 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-12375.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105276 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1478849%2C1433502%2C1480965%2C894215%2C1462693%2C1475431%2C1461027 Issue Tracking Not Applicable Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3761-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105276 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1478849%2C1433502%2C1480965%2C894215%2C1462693%2C1475431%2C1461027 Issue Tracking Not Applicable Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3761-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20/ Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-12375 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-12375 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 06, 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.securityfocus.com/bid/105276 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105276 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1478849%2C1433502%2C1480965%2C894215%2C1462693%2C1475431%2C1461027 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1478849%2C1433502%2C1480965%2C894215%2C1462693%2C1475431%2C1461027 Issue Tracking, Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3761-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3761-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 62.0
    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:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3761-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105276 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.33 }} -0.13%

score

0.71046

percentile

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