CVE-2018-12401

high

Description

Some special resource URIs will cause a non-exploitable crash if loaded with optional parameters following a '?' in the parsed string. This could lead to denial of service (DOS) attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 63.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1422456

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105721

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-02-28

Updated: 2019-03-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High