CVE-2018-12401 — Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation10 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxDebian FirefoxCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedFeb 28
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Some special resource URIs will cause a non-exploitable crash if loaded with optional parameters following a '?' in the parsed string. This could lead to denial of service (DOS) attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 63.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 63.0-1 (sid)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 63
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 63.0
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 63.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+5

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-7qcf-mj94-5gw6: Some special resource URIs will cause a non-exploitable crash if loaded with optional parameters following a '?' in the parsed string↗2022-05-14
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OSV
firefox regressions↗2018-11-23
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2018-10-24
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OSV
CVE-2018-12401: Some special resource URIs will cause a non-exploitable crash if loaded with optional parameters following a '?' in the parsed string↗2018-10-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Firefox regressions↗2018-11-23
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2018-10-24
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Red Hat
firefox: special resource URI parsing leading to denial of service↗2018-10-23
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Debian
CVE-2018-12401: firefox - Some special resource URIs will cause a non-exploitable crash if loaded with opt...↗2018
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12401 firefox: special resource URI parsing leading to denial of service↗2019-03-28
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