Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting firefox package, versions <61.0-1
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- published 11 Jul 2018
- disclosed 9 Jul 2020
Introduced: 11 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-12371 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox
to version 61.0-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox
package and not the firefox
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
An integer overflow vulnerability in the Skia library when allocating memory for edge builders on some systems with at least 16 GB of RAM. This results in the use of uninitialized memory, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.1, Thunderbird < 60, and Firefox < 61.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-12371
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12371
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1465686
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/