7.5high
CVE-2018-12401
Some special resource URIs will cause a non-exploitable crash if loaded with optional parameters following a '?' in the parsed string.
Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.5%
percentile 85%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Some special resource URIs will cause a non-exploitable crash if loaded with optional parameters following a '?' in the parsed string. This could lead to denial of service (DOS) attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 63.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.51% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
- mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1422456 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/105721 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- usn.ubuntu.com /3801-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1041944 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-12401
- NVD: CVE-2018-12401
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