CVE-2018-12392

Published: 24 October 2018

When manipulating user events in nested loops while opening a document through script, it is possible to trigger a potentially exploitable crash due to poor event handling. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 63, Firefox ESR < 60.3, and Thunderbird < 60.3.

Notes

Author	Note
tyhicks	mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 9.8

Status

Package	Release	Status
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (63.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2)
	cosmic	Released (63.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.2)
	disco	Released (63.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
	eoan	Released (63.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
	focal	Released (63.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
	groovy	Released (63.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
	hirsute	Released (63.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
	impish	Released (63.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
	jammy	Released (63.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
	kinetic	Released (63.0+build1-0ubuntu1)
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was released [63.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2])
	upstream	Released (63.0)
	xenial	Released (63.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2)
firefox-esr Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	cosmic	Does not exist
	disco	Does not exist
	eoan	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
mozjs38 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	cosmic	Does not exist
	disco	Does not exist
	eoan	Does not exist
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
mozjs52 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	cosmic	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	disco	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	eoan	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	focal	Needs triage
	groovy	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
mozjs60 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Does not exist
	cosmic	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	disco	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	eoan	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	focal	Does not exist
	groovy	Does not exist
	hirsute	Does not exist
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
	cosmic	Released (1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1)
	disco	Released (1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
	eoan	Released (1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
	focal	Released (1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
	groovy	Released (1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
	hirsute	Released (1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
	impish	Released (1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
	jammy	Released (1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
	kinetic	Released (1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was released [1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1])
	upstream	Released (60.3)
	xenial	Released (1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)

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