Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2018-18492
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur after deleting a selection element due to a weak reference to the select element in the options collection. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird <…
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.096 (95.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_aus — versions 7.6
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_eus — versions 7.6
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_tus — versions 7.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory, Permissions Required, x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
- security@mozilla.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-18492?
- CVE-2018-18492 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-02-28.
- How severe is CVE-2018-18492?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-18492 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.