CVE-2018-12370

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
In Reader View SameSite cookie protections are not checked on exiting. This allows for a payload to be triggered when Reader View is exited if loaded by a malicious site while Reader mode is active, bypassing CSRF protections. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 61.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-12370
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-10-18T13:29:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-12-06T15:29:36
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-352 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
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
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/mfsa2018-15/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1456652 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12370
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12370
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:50:40 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 13:37:17 2018-10-18T13:29Z 2018-10-18T13:29:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 13:37:18 2018-12-06T15:29:36 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 13:37:18 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated