9.8
CRITICAL CVSS 3.0
CVE-2018-18501
Mozilla Firefox Memory Safety Bugs
Description

Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 64 and Firefox ESR 60.4. 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 < 60.5, Firefox ESR < 60.5, and Firefox < 65.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 5, 2019, 9:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:56 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-18501 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 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus
5 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
3 Mozilla thunderbird
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 10
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
Follow the instructions below to mitigate the CVE-2018-18501 vulnerability.
There is no known solution at this time.
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-2018-18501.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00021.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106781 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0218 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0219 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0269 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0270 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00025.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00024.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3874-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3897-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4376 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4392 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-01/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-02/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/ Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00021.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106781 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0218 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0219 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0269 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0270 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00025.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00024.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3874-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3897-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4376 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4392 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-01/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-02/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/ Vendor Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-18501 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-2018-18501 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-18501 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00021.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106781
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0218
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0219
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0269
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0270
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00025.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00024.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-07
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3874-1/
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3897-1/
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4376
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4392
    Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-01/
    Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-02/
    Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-07 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4392 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4392 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00024.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00024.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3897-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3897-1/ Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3897-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4392 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00024.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106781 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106781 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0269 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0269 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00025.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4376 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4376 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-01/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-01/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0218 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0218 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-02/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-02/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3874-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3874-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0219 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0219 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0270 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0270 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 65.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 60.5 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 60.5
    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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    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: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:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4376 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3874-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00025.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0270 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0269 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0219 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0218 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106781 [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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

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

2.59 }} -0.47%

score

0.85007

percentile