CVE-2018-12378

critical
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when an IndexedDB index is deleted while still in use by JavaScript code that is providing payload values to be stored. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12378

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12378.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201810-13

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed60.2.1-1
suse slesaffected
debian debiansidfixed62.0-1
debian debianbookwormfixed60.2.0esr-1
debian debianbullseyefixed60.2.0esr-1
debian debianforkyfixed60.2.0esr-1
debian debiantrixiefixed60.2.0esr-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.