A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when deleting an input element during a mutation event handler triggered by focusing that element. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
CVE-2018-12360
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 45(Track)EG Risk 45/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity88% × 45%Exploitation3% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 87%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 18, 2018
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
Advisory Details (10)
Auto-updated Aug 12, 2026Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-01) — Gentoo security
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01[SECURITY] [DLA 1425-1] thunderbird security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00013.html[SECURITY] [DLA 1406-1] firefox-esr security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00014.html1459693 - (CVE-2018-12360) heap-use-after-free in nsFocusManager::CheckIfFocusable
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1459693Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2252Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2251Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112Vendor Advisories for CVE-2018-12360(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2018:2251Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
- RHSA-2018:2252Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
- RHSA-2018:2112Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
- RHSA-2018:2113Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | xul-ext-lightning (1:52.9.1+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) @ xenial | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | firefox-testsuite (61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2) @ xenial | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:52.9.1-1.el7_5 | 2018-07-24 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:52.9.1-1.el6 | 2018-07-24 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:60.1.0-5.el6 | 2018-06-28 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:60.1.0-4.el7_5 | 2018-06-28 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(12 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 52.9.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:52.9.0-1 | — |
Debian:12(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 52.9.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:52.9.0-1 | — |
Debian:13(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 52.9.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:52.9.0-1 | — |
Debian:14(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 52.9.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:52.9.0-1 | — |
Debian:8(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | 45.0.1esr-1 ... 52.8.1esr-2 (97 versions) | 52.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 | — |
| thunderbird | 1.5-4 ... 1:52.9.0-1 (39 versions) | 1:52.9.1-1~deb8u1 | — |
Debian:9(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | 45.9.0esr-1 ... 52.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 (60 versions) | 52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1 | — |
| thunderbird | 1.5-4 ... 1:52.9.1-1~deb8u1 (40 versions) | 1:52.9.1-1~deb9u1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
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