By rewriting the Host: request headers using the webRequest API, a WebExtension can bypass domain restrictions through domain fronting. This would allow access to domains that share a host that are otherwise restricted. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.3 and Firefox < 63.
CVE-2018-12395
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 85.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 28, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (22)
- security@mozillahttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105718
- security@mozillahttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944
- security@mozillahttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005
- security@mozillahttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006
- security@mozillahttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1467523
- security@mozillahttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html
- security@mozillahttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04
- security@mozillahttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/
- security@mozillahttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324
- security@mozillahttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/
- security@mozillahttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105718
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2018-12395(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | firefox-testsuite (63.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) @ bionic | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | firefox-0:60.3.0-1.el6 | 2018-10-24 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:60.3.0-1.el7_5 | 2018-10-24 | 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.
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Data Freshness Timeline
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