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Ubuntu: USN-3844-1 (CVE-2018-12407): Firefox vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3844-1 (CVE-2018-12407): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/11/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
01/10/2019
Modified
01/20/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox

References

  • USN-3844-1
  • USN-3868-1
  • CVE-2018-12407

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