CVE-2018-12367
Mozilla: Timing attack mitigation of PerformanceNavigationTiming
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · June 26, 2018
Updated · January 14, 2026
Description
In the previous mitigations for Spectre, the resolution or precision of various methods was reduced to counteract the ability to measure precise time intervals. In that work PerformanceNavigationTiming was not adjusted but it was found that it could be used as a precision timer. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, and Firefox < 61.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 4.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE-385 · Covert Timing Channel