Mozilla: Use-after-free with select element
Published Feb 28, 2019
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 9.65%
Description
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 < 60.4, Firefox ESR < 60.4, and Firefox < 64.
Affected products
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<64
- Version
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<60.4
- Version
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<60.4
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Mozilla | Firefox | n/a |
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| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | n/a |
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| Mozilla | Thunderbird | n/a |
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Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 8.0
- 9.0
Configuration 3
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 18.04
- 18.10
Configuration 4
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 7.6
- 7.6
- 7.6
- 6.0
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:60.4.0-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2018:3831
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:60.4.0-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2019:0159
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:60.4.0-1.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2018:3833
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird-0:60.4.0-1.el7_6
Fixed · RHSA-2019:0160
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:60.4.0-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:3831 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:60.4.0-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:0159 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:60.4.0-1.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:3833 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird-0:60.4.0-1.el7_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:0160 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
In general, this flaw be exploited through email in the Thunderbird product because scripting is disabled when reading mail, but are potentially risks in browser or browser-like contexts.
References (20)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106168 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3831 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3833 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0159 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0160 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18492 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1499861 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1658399 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00002.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18492
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3868-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18492
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4354 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4362 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-30/#CVE-2018-18492
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-30/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-31/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
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