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firefox -- Crash in TransportSecurityInfo due to cached data

Affected packages
firefox < 62.0.2,1
firefox-esr < 60.2.1,1

Details

VuXML ID 3284d948-140c-4a3e-aa76-3b440e2006a8
Discovery 2018-09-21
Entry 2018-09-21

The Mozilla Foundation reports:

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.

References

CVE Name CVE-2018-12385
URL https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-22/