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CVE-2018-12379

UNKNOWN
Published 2018-10-18T13:00:00
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Description

When the Mozilla Updater opens a MAR format file which contains a very long item filename, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This requires running the Mozilla Updater manually on the local system with the malicious MAR file in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.

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No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Mozilla

Firefox

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Firefox ESR

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Thunderbird

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-77mg-phf5-3h8g

Advisory Details

When the Mozilla Updater opens a MAR format file which contains a very long item filename, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This requires running the Mozilla Updater manually on the local system with the malicious MAR file in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12379
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2692
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2693
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458
WEB https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1473113
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4327
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-21
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-25
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105280
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: May 14, 2022

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105280
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2693
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4327
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2692
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-21/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-25/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1473113
Published: 2018-10-18T13:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T08:30:59.942Z
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