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CVE-2018-12359
A buffer overflow can occur when rendering canvas content while adjusting the height and width of the canvas element dynamically, causing…
High8.8EPSS 4.6%
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- mozilla
Description
A buffer overflow can occur when rendering canvas content while adjusting the height and width of the canvas element dynamically, causing data to be written outside of the currently computed boundaries. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.2% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Buffer overflow using computed size of canvas element
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 60
- affected unspecified – < 52.9
- affected unspecified – < 60.1
- affected unspecified – < 52.9
- affected unspecified – < 61
References (20)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1459162 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201810-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 104555 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2112 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201811-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-4235 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-4244 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1041193 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2252 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180714 [SECURITY] [DLA 1425-1] thunderbird security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3705-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3714-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180629 [SECURITY] [DLA 1406-1] firefox-esr security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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