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CVE-2018-12379 Detail

Description

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  10/18/2018

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105280
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2692
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2693
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1473113
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4327
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-21/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-25/

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-12379
NVD Published Date:
10/18/2018
NVD Last Modified:
10/31/2018