Out-of-Bounds Affecting firefox package, versions <64.0+build3-0ubuntu1
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- published13 Dec 2018
- disclosed28 Feb 2019
Introduced: 13 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-12406 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:21.04 firefox to version 64.0+build3-0ubuntu1 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:21.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 63. 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 Firefox < 64.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-12406
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1456947%2C1475669%2C1504816%2C1502886%2C1500064%2C1500310%2C1500696%2C1499198%2C1434490%2C1481745%2C1458129
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12406
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/