CVE-2018-12367

Medium

Description

In the previous mitigations for Spectre, the resolution or precision of various methods was reduced to counteract the ability to measure precise time intervals. In that work PerformanceNavigationTiming was not adjusted but it was found that it could be used as a precision timer. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, and Firefox < 61.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedOct 18, 2018
First seenOct 18, 2018

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla firefox60.1.0, 61.0 or later
  • mozilla thunderbird60.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv < 60.1.0, v < 61.060.1.0, 61.0
debian debian_linux8.0, 9.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04—
mozilla thunderbirdv < 60.060.0

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