CVE-2018-12362

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-12362  

An integer overflow can occur during graphics operations done by the Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSSE3) scaler, resulting 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:

An integer overflow can occur during graphics operations done by the Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSSE3) scaler, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.

Find out more about CVE-2018-12362 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Red Hat Security Errata

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

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges F. Alonso (revskills) as the original reporter.

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