CVE-2018-12385

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 High 7
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-12385
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-10-18T13:29:06
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-12-06T19:03:36
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.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:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 62.0.2
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 60.2.1
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 60.2.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-25/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-23/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-22/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490585 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4304 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3793-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3778-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2835 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2834 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041701 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041700 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105380 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4327 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html Mailing List 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-2018-12385
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12385
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:50:34 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 13:37:58 2018-10-18T13:29Z 2018-10-18T13:29:06 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 13:37:58 2018-12-06T19:03:36 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 13:37:58 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated