CVE-2018-12381 json
Manually dragging and dropping an Outlook email message into the browser will trigger a page navigation when the message's mail columns are…
published 2018-10-18 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-4355
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.8%
- EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Manually dragging and dropping an Outlook email message into the browser will trigger a page navigation when the message's mail columns are incorrectly interpreted as a URL. *Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems with Outlook installed. Other operating systems are not affected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.2 and Firefox < 62.
Patch / fix
- Mozilla Firefox ESR 60.2
- Mozilla Firefox 62
- apache2-mod_nss SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, OpenStack Cloud 7 +7 more 1.0.14-19.6.3
- mozilla-nss SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP4 +12 more 3.36.4-58.15.3
- mozilla-nspr SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP4 +12 more 4.19-19.3.1
- MozillaFirefox SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP4 +12 more 60.2.2esr-109.46.1
- MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP4 +10 more 60-32.3.1
- MozillaFirefox SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 60.2.0-3.10.1
- MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 60-4.3.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:3591-2SUSE-SU-2018:3591-1SUSE-SU-2018:2890-1
- firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
- MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2018-12381 updated cvss 4.4
Mozilla: Dragging and dropping Outlook email message results in page navigation
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox, thunderbirdnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox ESR
- Mozilla Firefox
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-610 Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere
References
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bugzilla.mozilla.org
/show_bug.cgi?id=1435319
issue-tracking, patch, vendor-advisory
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security.gentoo.org
/glsa/201810-01
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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mozilla.org
/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20/
vendor-advisory
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mozilla.org
/security/advisories/mfsa2018-21/
vendor-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/105280
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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securitytracker.com
/id/1041610
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-12381
- NVD CVE-2018-12381
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