CVE-2018-12385 Information

Description

A potentially exploitable crash in TransportSecurityInfo used for SSL can be triggered by data stored in the local cache in the user profile directory. This issue is only exploitable in combination with another vulnerability allowing an attacker to write data into the local cache or from locally installed malware. This issue also triggers a non-exploitable startup crash for users switching between the Nightly and Release versions of Firefox if the same profile is used. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 60.2.1 Firefox ESR 60.2.1 and Firefox 62.0.2.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105380 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041700 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041701 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2834 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2835 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490585 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3778-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3793-1/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4304 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4327 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-22/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-23/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-25/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.0