CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-18505
10.0 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-02-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
An earlier fix for an Inter-process Communication (IPC) vulnerability, CVE-2011-3079, added authentication to communication between IPC endpoints and server parents during IPC process creation. This authentication is insufficient for channels created after the IPC process is started, leading to the authentication not being correctly applied to later channels. This could allow for a sandbox escape through IPC channels due to lack of message validation in the listener process. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5, Firefox ESR < 60.5, and Firefox < 65.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 60.5.0)
• mozilla firefox (< 65.0)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 60.5.0)
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.10
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• 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 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00021.html lists.opensuse.org
- 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://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1087565 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor 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 Third Party Advisory
- 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 lists.opensuse.org
- 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://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1087565 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor 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 Third Party Advisory
- 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