CVE-2020-12418

Firefox ESR: Manipulating individual parts of a URL object could have caused an out-of-bounds read, leaking process…

CVE-2020-12418 is fixed in 10 products on 2 platforms, first by Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 78.0esr, released June 25, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

RoutineFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
6.5
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0303
87th percentile

Manipulating individual parts of a URL object could have caused an out-of-bounds read, leaking process memory to malicious JavaScript. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.10, Firefox < 78, and Thunderbird < 68.10.0.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 78.0esr Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 78.0esr Jun 25, 2020
Linux
firefox · RHEL 8 0:68.10.0-1.el8_2 RHSA-2020:2828 Jul 6, 2020
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jun 30, 2020
firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jun 30, 2020
firefox · ol 8 0:68.10.0-1.0.1.el8_2 ELSA-2020-2828 Jul 8, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jun 30, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jun 30, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jun 30, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jun 30, 2020
thunderbird · RHEL 8 0:68.10.0-1.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3038 Jul 21, 2020
thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
thunderbird · ol 8 0:68.10.0-1.0.1.el8_2 ELSA-2020-3038 Jul 22, 2020
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020

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