UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18492

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18492

    Published: 11 Dec 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-18492

    Summary:

    Details: A use-after-free vulnerability can occur after deleting a selection element due to a weak reference to the select element in the options collection. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.4, Firefox ESR < 60.4, and Firefox < 64.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18492, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/#CVE-2018-18492, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-31/#CVE-2018-18492, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3844-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3868-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18492

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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