vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2018-12401)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 28, 2019 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 28, 2019
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A security issue has been found in Firefox versions prior to 63.0, where 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.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2018-12401
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-12401
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105721
- URL-http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944
- URL-https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1422456
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201810-14
- URL-https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/
- CWE-20
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