USN-3844-1

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    USN-3844-1

    Published: 11 Dec 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: firefox vulnerabilities

    Details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, bypass same-origin restritions, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-12405, CVE-2018-12406, CVE-2018-12407, CVE-2018-17466, CVE-2018-18492, CVE-2018-18493, CVE-2018-18494, CVE-2018-18498) Multiple security issues were discovered in WebExtensions. If a user were tricked in to installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker could potentially exploit these to open privileged pages, or bypass other security restrictions. (CVE-2018-18495, CVE-2018-18497)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3844-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12405, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12406, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12407, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17466, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18492, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18493, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18494, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18495, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18497, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18498

    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