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CVE-2018-12397

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12397 describes a vulnerability in Firefox and Firefox ESR where WebExtensions can access local files without the expected user warning, allowing content scripts to run on local pages without explicit permission. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) has a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. While no active exploitation or public exploit code has been identified, and community discussion is minimal, affected products include canonical, debian, mozilla, and redhat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 60.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 63.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:60.3.0-1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:60.3.0-1.el7_5
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-12397Moderate

Mozilla: WebExtension local file permission check bypass

Oct 23, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3005
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3006
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-04
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3801-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4324
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2018-26
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2018-27
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105718
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041944
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry