CVE-2018-12406
Mozilla Firefox Remote Code Execution
Description
Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 63. 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 < 64.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 28, 2019, 6:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
March 1, 2019, 3:35 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
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-2018-12406.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1456947%2C1475669%2C1504816%2C1502886%2C1500064%2C1500310%2C1500696%2C1499198%2C1434490%2C1481745%2C1458129 | Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/ | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
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CVE-2018-12406 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 01, 2019
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/106167 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1456947%2C1475669%2C1504816%2C1502886%2C1500064%2C1500310%2C1500696%2C1499198%2C1434490%2C1481745%2C1458129 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1456947%2C1475669%2C1504816%2C1502886%2C1500064%2C1500310%2C1500696%2C1499198%2C1434490%2C1481745%2C1458129 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/ Exploit, Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 64.0 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:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 01, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167 [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-2018-12406 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-2018-12406
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.54 }} 0.04%
score
0.77602
percentile