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CVE-2018-12401
Some special resource URIs will cause a non-exploitable crash if loaded with optional parameters following a '?' in the parsed string.…
High7.5EPSS 2.5%
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- mozilla
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- DOS attack through special resource URI parsing
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (5)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1422456 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 105721 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-3801-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1041944 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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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