Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package firefox  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FIREFOX-6024886
  • published9 Oct 2018
  • disclosed18 Oct 2018

Introduced: 9 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-12386  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-704  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:13.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Debian.

A vulnerability in register allocation in JavaScript can lead to type confusion, allowing for an arbitrary read and write. This leads to remote code execution inside the sandboxed content process when triggered. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.2.2 and Firefox < 62.0.3.