PT-2018-3164 · Mozilla+2 · Firefox+2

Christian Holler + 5 · Published 2018-09-05 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2018-12375

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

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 62

Description The issue is related to memory safety bugs in Firefox, which can lead to memory corruption. It is presumed that with sufficient effort, some of these bugs could be exploited to run arbitrary code. The vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow in memory, allowing a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 62, update to version 62 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive resources until the update can be applied.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2423

ALT-PU-2019-2324

ALT-PU-2019-2486

BDU:2019-04295

CVE-2018-12375

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

USN-3761-1

USN-3761-2

USN-3761-3

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Ubuntu

References · 1889

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12375 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3761-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12375 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1478849%2C1433502%2C1480965%2C894215%2C1462693%2C1475431%2C1461027 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3761-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3761-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3761-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12376 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=44892734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12378 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20/#CVE-2018-12375 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12375 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3761-1 · Vendor Advisory