CVE-2018-18501
Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 65 and Firefox ESR 60.5
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
17Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 64 and Firefox ESR 60.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5, Firefox ESR < 60.5, and Firefox < 65.
Los desarrolladores de Mozilla y los miembros de la comunidad reportaron problemas de seguridad existentes en Firefox 64 and Firefox ESR 60.4. Algunos de estos errores mostraron evidencias de corrupción de memoria y se cree que, con el esfuerzo necesario, se podrían explotar para ejecutar código arbitrario. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a las versiones anteriores a la 60.5 de Thunderbird, las versiones anteriores a la 60.5 de Firefox ESR y las versiones anteriores a la 65 de Firefox.
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. This update upgrades Firefox to version 60.5.0 ESR. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2018-10-19 CVE Reserved
- 2019-01-30 CVE Published
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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CWE
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
- CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CAPEC
References (19)
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106781 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/0... | Mailing List |
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/0... | Mailing List |
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| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-... | 2019-04-02 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0218 | 2019-04-02 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0219 | 2019-04-02 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0269 | 2019-04-02 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0270 | 2019-04-02 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04 | 2019-04-02 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-07 | 2019-04-02 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3874-1 | 2019-04-02 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3897-1 | 2019-04-02 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4376 | 2019-04-02 |