CVE-2018-12401

N/A
Published: February 28, 2019 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:37 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxFirefox

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 63v < 63.0
Affected range stops below 63, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 63.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105721
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1422456
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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