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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-12371: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-12371: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/02/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/03/2018
Modified
07/14/2020

Description

An integer overflow vulnerability in the Skia library when allocating memory for edge builders on some systems with at least 16 GB of RAM. This results in the use of uninitialized memory, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.1, Thunderbird < 60, and Firefox < 61.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-client-thunderbird
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-client-thunderbird-bin
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefox
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefox-bin

References

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