CVE-2018-12407 Memory corruption in Firefox

What is CVE-2018-12407?

CVE-2018-12407 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 28 Feb 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A buffer overflow occurs when drawing and validating elements with the ANGLE graphics library, used for WebGL content, when working with the VertexBuffer11 module. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12407?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12407?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-12407 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12407 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4562-p2fq-7gg7, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12407.