A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when deleting an input element during a mutation event handler triggered by focusing that element. 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-2018-12360 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS3 Base Score | 8.8 |
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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 |
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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 |