CVE-2018-12363: Use After Free
First published: Tue Jun 26 2018(Updated: )
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when script uses mutation events to move DOM nodes between documents, resulting in the old document that held the node being freed but the node still having a pointer referencing it. This results in a potentially exploitable crash.
Credit: security@mozilla.org security@mozilla.org security@mozilla.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Thunderbird | <60 | 60 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | <52.9 | 52.9 |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | <52.9 | 52.9 |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | <60.1 | 60.1 |
| Mozilla Firefox | <61 | 61 |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.6 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.5 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.6 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus | =7.6 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =17.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | <61.0 | |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | <52.9 | |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | >=53.0<60.1.0 | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | <52.9 | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | >=52.9.1<60.0 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | >=53.0<60.1.0 | |
| debian/firefox | 132.0.2-1 | |
| debian/firefox-esr | 115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1 128.4.0esr-1~deb11u1 128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1 128.4.0esr-1~deb12u1 128.4.0esr-1 | |
| debian/thunderbird | 1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1 1:128.4.3esr-1~deb11u1 1:115.16.0esr-1~deb12u1 1:128.4.3esr-1~deb12u1 1:128.4.3esr-1 | |
| <60 | 60 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1464784
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00013.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4235
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4244
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2251
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2252
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3714-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-12363
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/#CVE-2018-12363
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1595028
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12363
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12363
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12363
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12363
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/#CVE-2018-12363
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/#CVE-2018-12363
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/#CVE-2018-12363
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/#CVE-2018-12371
Parent vulnerabilities
(Appears in the following advisories)
Peer vulnerabilities
(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
- collector/mozilla-advisory
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/launchpad-cve
- source/Launchpad
- collector/redhat-bugzilla
- source/Red Hat
- alias/CVE-2018-12363
- agent/severity
- source/Mozilla
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/weakness
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-cve
- source/NVD
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- collector/usn-cve
- source/Ubuntu
- agent/description
- agent/references
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- source/Debian
- collector/nvd-api
- agent/author
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- agent/event
- vendor/mozilla
- canonical/mozilla thunderbird
- canonical/mozilla firefox esr
- canonical/mozilla firefox
- vendor/redhat
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux desktop
- version/redhat enterprise linux desktop/6.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux desktop/7.0
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux server
- version/redhat enterprise linux server/6.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux server/7.0
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux server aus
- version/redhat enterprise linux server aus/7.6
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux server eus
- version/redhat enterprise linux server eus/7.5
- version/redhat enterprise linux server eus/7.6
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux server tus
- version/redhat enterprise linux server tus/7.6
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux workstation
- version/redhat enterprise linux workstation/6.0
- version/redhat enterprise linux workstation/7.0
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/8.0
- version/debian debian linux/9.0
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/14.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/16.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/17.10
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/18.04
- version/mozilla firefox esr/53.0
- version/mozilla thunderbird/52.9.1
- package-manager/debian
- version/mozilla firefox/53.0