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MFSA2018-29 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 64 (CVE-2018-12407)

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MFSA2018-29 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 64 (CVE-2018-12407)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/11/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
12/12/2018
Modified
03/04/2019

Description

A buffer overflow occurs when drawing and validating elements with the ANGLE graphics library, used for WebGL content, when working with the VertexBuffer11 module. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-64_0

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