Vulnerability CVE-2018-12385


Published: 2018-10-18

Description:
A potentially exploitable crash in TransportSecurityInfo used for SSL can be triggered by data stored in the local cache in the user profile directory. This issue is only exploitable in combination with another vulnerability allowing an attacker to write data into the local cache or from locally installed malware. This issue also triggers a non-exploitable startup crash for users switching between the Nightly and Release versions of Firefox if the same profile is used. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.2.1, Firefox ESR < 60.2.1, and Firefox < 62.0.2.

Type:

CWE-20

(Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.4/10
6.4/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server aus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server tus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Mozilla -> Firefox 
Mozilla -> Firefox esr 
Mozilla -> Thunderbird 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105380
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041700
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041701
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2834
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2835
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490585
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3778-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3793-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4304
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4327
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-22/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-23/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-25/

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