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CVE-2018-12379

When the Mozilla Updater opens a MAR format file which contains a very long item filename, an out-of-bounds write can be

When the Mozilla Updater opens a MAR format file which contains a very long item filename, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This requires running the Mozilla Updater manually on the local system with the malicious MAR file in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00098
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access

Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · security@mozilla.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD18 Oct 2018 · 01:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:3591-2
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:3591-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:2890-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105280Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1473113Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
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