CVE-2018-12363

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when script uses mutation events to move DOM nodes between documents, resulting in the old document that held the node being freed but the node still having a pointer referencing it. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-12363
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-10-18T13:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-12-03T20:10:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-416 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 61.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 52.9
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 53.0 60.1.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 52.9
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 52.9.1 60.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1464784 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4244 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3714-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2252 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2251 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12363
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12363
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:50:56 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 13:36:54 2018-10-18T13:29Z 2018-10-18T13:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 13:36:54 2018-12-03T20:10:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 13:36:54 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated