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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18505

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18505 PUBLISHED CVSS 10 CRITICAL

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13thunderbird0, 0, 0
Debian:11firefox-esr0, 0, 0
Debian:11thunderbird0, 0, 0
Debian:12thunderbird0, 0, 0
Debian:14thunderbird0, 0, 0
Debian:14firefox-esr0, 0, 0
Debian:12firefox-esr0, 0, 0
Debian:13firefox-esr0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Feb 5, 2019 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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