Improper Input Validation Affecting mozilla package, versions [,63.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378492
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Feb 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Feb 2019

CVE-2018-12401  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 63.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. 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 Scores

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