CVE-2018-12406: canonical ubuntu_linux

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-12406 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 28-02-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.