Out-of-bounds Read in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2018-18504
A crash and out-of-bounds read can occur when the buffer of a texture client is freed while it is still in use during graphic operations. This results is a potentially exploitable crash and the possibility of reading from the memory of the freed buffers. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 65.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.018 (76.1th 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
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-18504?
- CVE-2018-18504 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-02-05.
- How severe is CVE-2018-18504?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.