PT-2018-3410 · Mozilla+2 · Firefox+2

Alex Gaynor + 9 · Published 2018-12-11 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2018-12406

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Firefox versions prior to 64

Description: The issue is related to memory safety bugs, including evidence of memory corruption, which could potentially be exploited to run arbitrary code. It is also described as a buffer overflow vulnerability in memory, allowing a remote attacker to access confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause a denial of service.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 64, update to version 64 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive data and minimizing browser usage until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2963

ALT-PU-2019-2324

ALT-PU-2019-2486

BDU:2020-00782

CVE-2018-12406

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

USN-3844-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Ubuntu

References · 1888

• 🔥 https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1456947%2C1475669%2C1504816%2C1502886%2C1500064%2C1500310%2C1500696%2C1499198%2C1434490%2C1481745%2C1458129 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17466 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18498 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/#CVE-2018-12406 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3844-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12407 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12406 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12406 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12406 · Vendor Advisory