CVE-2018-18492
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur after deleting a selection element due to a weak reference to the select element in the options collection.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur after deleting a selection element due to a weak reference to the select element in the options collection. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.4, Firefox ESR < 60.4, and Firefox < 64.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 9.65% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
EPSS 9.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106168Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3831Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3833Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0159Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0160Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1499861Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3868-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4354Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4362Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-30/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-31/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106168Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3831Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3833Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0159Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0160Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1499861Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3868-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4354Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4362Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-30/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-31/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.