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CVE-2018-12407

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% 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-119

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10
• Mozilla Firefox: before 64.0 — fixed in 64.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 64.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1505973
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1505973
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/

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