CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-12385

7.0 HIGH Published 2018-10-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-10-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

A potentially exploitable crash in TransportSecurityInfo used for SSL can be triggered by data stored in the local cache in the user profile directory. This issue is only exploitable in combination with another vulnerability allowing an attacker to write data into the local cache or from locally installed malware. This issue also triggers a non-exploitable startup crash for users switching between the Nightly and Release versions of Firefox if the same profile is used. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.2.1, Firefox ESR < 60.2.1, and Firefox < 62.0.2.

Affected configurations

• redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0 • debian debian linux 8.0 • debian debian linux 9.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04 • mozilla firefox (< 62.0.2) • mozilla firefox esr (< 60.2.1) • mozilla thunderbird (< 60.2.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References