CVE-2018-12401

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10
Mozilla Firefox: before 63.0 — fixed in 63.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 63.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105721
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1422456
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105721
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1422456
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/

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