CVE-2018-18493

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 21
Modified
Published: 28 Feb 2019, 18:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 11:08

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
18.18% MEDIUM
18% probability -6.12%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Feb 2019, 18:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 11:08
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A buffer overflow can occur in the Skia library during buffer offset calculations with hardware accelerated canvas 2D actions due to the use of 32-bit calculations instead of 64-bit. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.4, Firefox ESR < 60.4, and Firefox < 64.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 18.18%• Percentile: 95%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The 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.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 18.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0 | 9.0

  • Unknown•Firefox

    < 60.4.0 | < 64.0 | ≥ unspecified, < 64

  • mozilla•firefox_esr

    ≥ unspecified, < 60.4

  • mozilla•thunderbird

    < 60.4.0 | ≥ unspecified, < 60.4

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_desktop

    6.0 | 7.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server

    6.0 | 7.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_aus

    7.6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_eus

    7.6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_tus

    7.6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_workstation

    6.0 | 7.0

References (15)