CVE-2018-12385
Description
A potentially exploitable crash in TransportSecurityInfo used for SSL can be triggered by data stored in the local cache in the user profile directory. This issue is only exploitable in combination with another vulnerability allowing an attacker to write data into the local cache or from locally installed malware. This issue also triggers a non-exploitable startup crash for users switching between the Nightly and Release versions of Firefox if the same profile is used. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.2.1, Firefox ESR < 60.2.1, and Firefox < 62.0.2.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12385
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12385.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201810-13
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 60.2.1-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | sid | fixed | 62.0.2-1 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 60.2.1esr-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 60.2.1esr-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 60.2.1esr-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 60.2.1esr-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.