CVE-2018-12367
published 2018-10-18CVE-2018-12367: In the previous mitigations for Spectre, the resolution or precision of various methods was reduced to counteract the ability to measure precise time…
PriorityP418medium4.3CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCLINAN
EPSS
1.98%
78.2th percentile
In the previous mitigations for Spectre, the resolution or precision of various methods was reduced to counteract the ability to measure precise time intervals. In that work PerformanceNavigationTiming was not adjusted but it was found that it could be used as a precision timer. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, and Firefox < 61.
Affected
24 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | firefox | < firefox 61.0-1 (sid) | firefox 61.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | thunderbird | < firefox 61.0-1 (sid) | firefox 61.0-1 (sid) |
| mozilla | firefox | < 60.1.0 | 60.1.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | < 61.0 | 61.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 61.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | 61.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 | 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 61.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | 61.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 | 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 61.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 61.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= unspecified < 61 | 61 |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | >= unspecified < 60.1 | 60.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 60.0 | 60.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:60.0-1 | 1:60.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:60.0-1 | 1:60.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:60.0-1 | 1:60.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:60.0-1 | 1:60.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= unspecified < 60 | 60 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.04.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv4.3MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.3MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu4.3MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-q3w3-fw86-hj52: In the previous mitigations for Spectre, the resolution or precision of various methods was reduced to counteract the ability to measure precise time
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2018-12367 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 GHSA-q3w3-fw86-hj52: In the previous mitigations for Spectre, the resolution or precision of various methods was reduced to counteract the ability to measure precise time
In the previous mitigations for Spectre, the resolution or precision of various methods was reduced to counteract the ability to measure precise time intervals. In that work PerformanceNavigationTiming was not adjusted but it was found that it could be used as a precision timer. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, and Firefox < 61.
OSV
CVE-2018-12367: In the previous mitigations for Spectre, the resolution or precision of various methods was reduced to counteract the ability to measure precise time
osv·2018-10-18·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2018-12367 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-12367: In the previous mitigations for Spectre, the resolution or precision of various methods was reduced to counteract the ability to measure precise time
In the previous mitigations for Spectre, the resolution or precision of various methods was reduced to counteract the ability to measure precise time intervals. In that work PerformanceNavigationTiming was not adjusted but it was found that it could be used as a precision timer. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, and Firefox < 61.
OSV
firefox regressions
osv·2018-07-10·CVSS 4.3
[MEDIUM] firefox regressions
firefox regressions
USN-3705-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced various
minor regressions. This update fixes the problems.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, read uninitialized
memory, bypass same-origin restrictions, bypass CORS restrictions,
bypass CSRF protections, obtain sensitive information, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5156, CVE-2018-5186, CVE-2018-5187,
CVE-2018-5188, CVE-2018-12358, CVE-2018-12359, CVE-2018-12360,
CVE-2018-12361, CVE-2018-12362, CVE-2018-12363, CVE-2018-12364,
CVE-2018-12365, CVE-2018-12366, CVE-2018-12367, CVE-2
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities
osv·2018-07-05·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2018-5156 [MEDIUM] firefox vulnerabilities
firefox vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, read uninitialized
memory, bypass same-origin restrictions, bypass CORS restrictions,
bypass CSRF protections, obtain sensitive information, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5156, CVE-2018-5186, CVE-2018-5187,
CVE-2018-5188, CVE-2018-12358, CVE-2018-12359, CVE-2018-12360,
CVE-2018-12361, CVE-2018-12362, CVE-2018-12363, CVE-2018-12364,
CVE-2018-12365, CVE-2018-12366, CVE-2018-12367, CVE-2018-12370,
CVE-2018-12371)
A security issue was discovered with WebExtensions. If a user were
tricked in to installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker
could potentially exploit
Ubuntu
Firefox regressions
vendor_ubuntu·2018-07-10·CVSS 4.3
[MEDIUM] Firefox regressions
Title: Firefox regressions
Summary: USN-3705-1 caused some minor regressions in Firefox.
USN-3705-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced various
minor regressions. This update fixes the problems.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, read uninitialized
memory, bypass same-origin restrictions, bypass CORS restrictions,
bypass CSRF protections, obtain sensitive information, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5156, CVE-2018-5186, CVE-2018-5187,
CVE-2018-5188, CVE-2018-12358, CVE-2018-12359, CVE-2018-12360,
CVE-2018-12361, CVE-2018-12362, CVE-2018-12363,
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-07-05·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2018-5156 [MEDIUM] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, read uninitialized
memory, bypass same-origin restrictions, bypass CORS restrictions,
bypass CSRF protections, obtain sensitive information, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5156, CVE-2018-5186, CVE-2018-5187,
CVE-2018-5188, CVE-2018-12358, CVE-2018-12359, CVE-2018-12360,
CVE-2018-12361, CVE-2018-12362, CVE-2018-12363, CVE-2018-12364,
CVE-2018-12365, CVE-2018-12366, CVE-2018-12367, CVE-2018-12370,
CVE-2018-12371)
A security issue was discovered with WebExtensio
Red Hat
Mozilla: Timing attack mitigation of PerformanceNavigationTiming
vendor_redhat·2018-06-26·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2018-12367 [MEDIUM] CWE-385 Mozilla: Timing attack mitigation of PerformanceNavigationTiming
Mozilla: Timing attack mitigation of PerformanceNavigationTiming
In the previous mitigations for Spectre, the resolution or precision of various methods was reduced to counteract the ability to measure precise time intervals. In that work PerformanceNavigationTiming was not adjusted but it was found that it could be used as a precision timer. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, and Firefox < 61.
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-12367: firefox - In the previous mitigations for Spectre, the resolution or precision of various ...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2018-12367 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-12367: firefox - In the previous mitigations for Spectre, the resolution or precision of various ...
In the previous mitigations for Spectre, the resolution or precision of various methods was reduced to counteract the ability to measure precise time intervals. In that work PerformanceNavigationTiming was not adjusted but it was found that it could be used as a precision timer. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, and Firefox < 61.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 61.0-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104561http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1462891https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4295https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104561http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1462891https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4295https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/
2018-10-18
Published