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firefox-esr, thunderbird — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12385

A potentially exploitable crash in TransportSecurityInfo used for SSL can be triggered by data stored in the local cache in the user profile directory. This issue is only exploitable in combination with another vulnerability allowing an attacker to write data into the local cache or from locally installed malware. This issue also triggers a non-exploitable startup crash for users switching between the Nightly and Release versions of Firefox if the same profile is used. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.2.1, Firefox ESR < 60.2.1, and Firefox < 62.0.2.

Products
firefox-esr, thunderbird
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1:60.2.1-1, 60.2.1esr-1
CVEs
CVE-2018-12385
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 00:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12385

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Oct 2018, 13:29 UTC

A potentially exploitable crash in TransportSecurityInfo used for SSL can be triggered by data stored in the local cache in the user profile directory. This issue is only exploitable in combination with another vulnerability allowing an attacker to write data into the local cache or from locally installed malware. This issue also triggers a non-exploitable startup crash for users switching between the Nightly and Release versions of Firefox if the same profile is used. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.2.1, Firefox ESR < 60.2.1, and Firefox < 62.0.2.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12385

firefox-esr

Fixed versions: 60.2.1esr-1

firefox-esr

Fixed versions: 60.2.1esr-1

firefox-esr

Fixed versions: 60.2.1esr-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1:60.2.1-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1:60.2.1-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1:60.2.1-1

Complete source record
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