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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2018-10-18T13:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T08:30:59.761Z

Reserved: 2018-06-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-12367

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-10-18T13:29:03.087

Modified: 2018-12-06T15:10:55.787

Link: CVE-2018-12367

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-06-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-12367 - Bugzilla