Description
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 61. 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 < 62.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105276
Issue Tracking, Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1478849%2C1433502%2C1480965%2C894215%2C1462693%2C1475431%2C1461027
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3761-1/
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0049
EPSS Percentile
65.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (4)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
mozilla/firefox
< 62.0
Published
Oct 18, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026