PT-2018-2708 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+7

Nils · Published 2018-12-11 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2018-18492

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 64 Firefox ESR versions prior to 60.4 Thunderbird versions prior to 60.4

Description A use-after-free issue can occur due to a weak reference to the select element in the options collection after deleting a selection element, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This issue may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Firefox versions prior to 64, update to version 64 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 60.4, update to version 60.4 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 60.4, update to version 60.4 or later.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2824

ALT-PU-2018-2958

ALT-PU-2018-2963

ALT-PU-2019-2324

ALT-PU-2019-2486

BDU:2019-01424

CESA-2018_3831

CESA-2018_3833

CESA-2019_0159

CESA-2019_0160

CVE-2018-18492

DLA-1605-1

DLA-1624-1

DSA-4354-1

DSA-4362-1

MGASA-2018-0483

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_4112-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:0249-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:0251-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_0182-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_0251-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2018:3831

RHSA-2018:3833

RHSA-2018_3831

RHSA-2018_3833

RHSA-2019:0159

RHSA-2019:0160

RHSA-2019_0159

RHSA-2019_0160

SUSE-SU-2018:4235-1

SUSE-SU-2018:4236-1

SUSE-SU-2018:4236-2

SUSE-SU-2019:0338-1

USN-3844-1

USN-3868-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox

Firefox Esr

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2026

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17466 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12392 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12390 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12405 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18494 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18497 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18498 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3844-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0160 · Vendor Advisory