8.8

CVE-2018-12370: canonical ubuntu_linux Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-12370
Published 18-10-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-12370 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.13%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1USN-3705-1

Timeline

  1. 18-10-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Reader View SameSite cookie protections are not checked on exiting. This allows for a payload to be triggered when Reader View is exited if loaded by a malicious site while Reader mode is active, bypassing CSRF protections. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 61.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

66%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.13% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.13%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical1 product
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 61 | < 61.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • firefox< 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 | < 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 | < 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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