CVE-2018-12385Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
7.0HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 81.39%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 18
Latest updateMay 14

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages11 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified62.0.2
NVDmozilla/firefox< 62.0.2
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified60.2.1
NVDmozilla/firefox_esr< 60.2.1
Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 62.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, Enterprise Linux 7.6, 7.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-w434-f353-fv6q: A potentially exploitable crash in TransportSecurityInfo used for SSL can be triggered by data stored in the local cache in the user profile directory2022-05-14
OSV
CVE-2018-12385: A potentially exploitable crash in TransportSecurityInfo used for SSL can be triggered by data stored in the local cache in the user profile directory2018-10-18
CVEList
CVE-2018-12385: A potentially exploitable crash in TransportSecurityInfo used for SSL can be triggered by data stored in the local cache in the user profile directory2018-10-18
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities2018-10-03

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2018-10-15
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2018-10-03
Red Hat
Mozilla: Crash in TransportSecurityInfo due to cached data2018-09-21
Debian
CVE-2018-12385: firefox - A potentially exploitable crash in TransportSecurityInfo used for SSL can be tri...2018

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12385 Mozilla: Crash in TransportSecurityInfo due to cached data2018-09-24
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