THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-12376
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-12376

Enterprise Linux Desktop vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 61 and Firefox ESR 60.1. 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 < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.
Affected vendor
Redhat
Affected product
Enterprise Linux Desktop
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2018-10-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-12376

  • Confirm whether Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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