CVE-2018-12389

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 2%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 60.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.3 and Thunderbird < 60.3.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EPSS
81.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

February 28, 2019

Last Modified

November 25, 2025

References (34)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2018-12389(4)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(5)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuxul-ext-lightning (1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) @ trusty2026-05-27ubuntu
redhatthunderbird-0:60.3.0-1.el7_52018-11-09redhat
redhatthunderbird-0:60.3.0-1.el62018-11-09redhat
redhatfirefox-0:60.3.0-1.el62018-10-24redhat
redhatfirefox-0:60.3.0-1.el7_52018-10-24redhat

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.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

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.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 46× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  43. 2026-05-27 22:12 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-12389?
CVE-2018-12389 is a high vulnerability published on February 28, 2019. Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 60.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.3…
When was CVE-2018-12389 disclosed?
CVE-2018-12389 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 28, 2019, with the most recent update on November 25, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2018-12389 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-12389 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 81.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-12389?
CVE-2018-12389 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-12389?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-12389, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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