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MFSA2018-16 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 60.1 (CVE-2018-12371)

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MFSA2018-16 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 60.1 (CVE-2018-12371)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/26/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/27/2018
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)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-60_1

References

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