CVE-2018-18505

Mozilla: Privilege escalation through IPC channel messages

Published Feb 5, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 4.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
An earlier fix for an Inter-process Communication (IPC) vulnerability, CVE-2011-3079, added authentication to communication between IPC endpoints and server parents during IPC process creation. This authentication is insufficient for channels created after the IPC process is started, leading to the authentication not being correctly applied to later channels. This could allow for a sandbox escape through IPC channels due to lack of message validation in the listener process. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5, Firefox ESR < 60.5, and Firefox < 65.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1648-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1678-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4376-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4392-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-10230 An earlier fix for an Inter-process Communication (IPC) vulnerability, CVE-2011-3079, added authentication to communication between IPC endpoints and server parents during IPC process creation. This authentication is insufficient for channels created after the IPC process is started, leading to the authentication not being correctly applied to later channels. This could allow for a sandbox escape through IPC channels due to lack of message validation in the listener process. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5, Firefox ESR < 60.5, and Firefox < 65.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3874-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3897-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla firefox Esr