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CVE-2018-12389· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mozilla

Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 60.2.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 36/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 83.2% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: firefox-esr (Debian:12) 60.3.0esr-1; thunderbird (Debian:12) 1:60.3.0-1; firefox-esr (Debian:8) 60.3.0esr-1~deb8u1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to firefox-esr (Debian:12) 60.3.0esr-1; thunderbird (Debian:12) 1:60.3.0-1; firefox-esr (Debian:8) 60.3.0esr-1~deb8u1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 60.2. 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 ESR < 60.3 and Thunderbird < 60.3.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 28, 2019
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.3% · 83th percentile

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Action score

36

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.3%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
mozillafirefox
mozillathunderbird
debiandebian linux
canonicalubuntu linux
redhatenterprise linux desktop
redhatenterprise linux server
redhatenterprise linux server aus
redhatenterprise linux server eus
redhatenterprise linux server tus
redhatenterprise linux workstation

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • canonical ubuntu linux14.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux16.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux18.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux18.10
  • debian debian linux8.0
  • debian debian linux9.0
  • mozilla firefoxbefore 60.3.0
  • mozilla thunderbirdbefore 60.3.0
  • redhat enterprise linux desktop6.0
  • redhat enterprise linux desktop7.0
  • redhat enterprise linux server6.0
  • redhat enterprise linux server7.0
  • redhat enterprise linux server aus7.6
  • redhat enterprise linux server eus7.5
  • redhat enterprise linux server eus7.6
  • redhat enterprise linux server tus7.6
  • redhat enterprise linux workstation6.0
  • redhat enterprise linux workstation7.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mozilla). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Mozilla Firefox ESR

    • unspecified and later · before 60.3affected

  • Mozilla Thunderbird

    • unspecified and later · before 60.3affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12firefox-esrbefore 60.3.0esr-160.3.0esr-1
Debian:12thunderbirdbefore 1:60.3.0-11:60.3.0-1
Debian:8firefox-esrbefore 60.3.0esr-1~deb8u160.3.0esr-1~deb8u1
Debian:8thunderbirdbefore 1:60.3.0-1~deb8u11:60.3.0-1~deb8u1
Debian:9firefox-esrbefore 60.3.0esr-1~deb9u160.3.0esr-1~deb9u1
Debian:9thunderbirdbefore 1:60.3.0-1~deb9u11:60.3.0-1~deb9u1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientfirefoxbefore 0:60.3.0-1.el60:60.3.0-1.el6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:60.3.0-1.el60:60.3.0-1.el6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientthunderbirdbefore 0:60.3.0-1.el60:60.3.0-1.el6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientthunderbird-debuginfobefore 0:60.3.0-1.el60:60.3.0-1.el6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientfirefoxbefore 0:60.3.0-1.el7_50:60.3.0-1.el7_5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:60.3.0-1.el7_50:60.3.0-1.el7_5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientthunderbirdbefore 0:60.3.0-1.el7_50:60.3.0-1.el7_5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientthunderbird-debuginfobefore 0:60.3.0-1.el7_50:60.3.0-1.el7_5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15MozillaFirefoxbefore 60.3.0-3.17.160.3.0-3.17.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15MozillaThunderbirdbefore 60.3.0-3.17.260.3.0-3.17.2
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7MozillaFirefoxbefore 60.3.0-109.50.260.3.0-109.50.2
SUSE:Package Hub 12MozillaThunderbirdbefore 60.3.0-74.260.3.0-74.2

Same product

mozilla: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2010-3765Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before 3.1.6 and 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and SeaMonkey 2.x befKEV
    94Now
  • CVE-2019-11708Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxeKEV
    87Now
  • CVE-2015-4495The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to bypassKEV
    86Now
  • CVE-2013-1690Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 do not properKEV
    86Now
  • CVE-2019-17026Incorrect alias information in IonMonkey JIT compiler for setting array elements could lead to a type confusion.KEV
    79This week
  • CVE-2024-9680An attacker was able to achieve code execution in the content process by exploiting a use-after-free in Animation timelines.KEV
    76This week

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:firefox-esr60.3.0esr-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
debian:thunderbird1:60.3.0-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox0:60.3.0-1.el7_5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox-debuginfo0:60.3.0-1.el7_5 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:thunderbird0:60.3.0-1.el6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:thunderbird-debuginfo0:60.3.0-1.el6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
suse:MozillaFirefox60.3.0-3.17.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15Package registry (OSV)
suse:MozillaThunderbird60.3.0-3.17.2 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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