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Vulnerability details: VCID-ux8d-wswz-aqga
Vulnerability ID VCID-ux8d-wswz-aqga
Aliases CVE-2018-12385
Summary A potentially exploitable crash in TransportSecurityInfo used for SSL can be triggered by data stored in the local cache in the user profile directory. This issue is only exploitable in combination with another vulnerability allowing an attacker to write data into the local cache or from locally installed malware. This issue also triggers a non-exploitable startup crash for users switching between the Nightly and Release versions of Firefox if the same profile is used.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.1 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-12385.json
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00072 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00072 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00072 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
epss 0.00072 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
cvssv3 6.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12385
cvssv3 7.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12385
archlinux Critical https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-782
generic_textual none https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-22
generic_textual none https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-23
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-25
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-12385.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12385
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490585
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16541
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12376
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12377
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12378
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12379
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12383
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12385
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18499
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4304
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4327
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-22/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-23/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-25/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105380
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041700
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041701
1632062 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1632062
ASA-201810-13 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201810-13
AVG-782 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-782
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-12385 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12385
mfsa2018-22 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-22
mfsa2018-23 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-23
mfsa2018-25 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-25
RHSA-2018:2834 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2834
RHSA-2018:2835 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2835
RHSA-2018:3403 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403
RHSA-2018:3458 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458
USN-3778-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3778-1/
USN-3793-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3793-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-12385.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12385
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12385
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.2229
EPSS Score 0.00071
Published At Aug. 3, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:09:52.120058+00:00 Mozilla Importer Import https://github.com/mozilla/foundation-security-advisories/blob/master/announce/2018/mfsa2018-25.yml 37.0.0