Vulnerability CVE-2018-12401: Information

Description

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.

Severity: HIGH (7.5) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published: Feb. 28, 2019
Modified: March 1, 2019
Error type identifier: CWE-20

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Hyperlink
Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/
  • Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1422456
  • Issue Tracking
  • Permissions Required
  • Vendor Advisory
USN-3801-1
  • Third Party Advisory
1041944
  • Third Party Advisory
  • VDB Entry
105721
  • Third Party Advisory
  • VDB Entry
    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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      63.0

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*