High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 28, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-12406
CVE-2018-12406
Description
Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 63. 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 < 64.
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <64.0
- (no CPE)range: < 64
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 92.0-1.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
Patches
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References
4- bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
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