A buffer overflow can occur when rendering canvas content while adjusting the height and width of the canvas element dynamically, causing data to be written outside of the currently computed boundaries. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2018-12359 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 8.8 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) | RHSA-2018:2113 | 2018-06-28 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2018:2252 | 2018-07-24 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2018:2251 | 2018-07-24 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2018:2112 | 2018-06-28 |
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