CVE-2018-12377
Critical
CVE-2018-12377
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when refresh driver timers are refreshed in some circumstances during shutdown when the timer is deleted while still in use. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.
Exploit probability
3.4%
Published
October 18, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-12377
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A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when refresh driver timers are refreshed in some circumstances during shutdown when the timer is deleted while still in use. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1470260
- 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/3761-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3793-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4287
- 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/