#VU15500 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-12401

Vulnerability identifier: #VU15500

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12401

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox

Software vendor:
Mozilla

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error when using special resource URIs. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and cause a non-exploitable crash if loaded with optional parameters following a '?' in the parsed string.

Update to version 63.0.

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