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CVE-2018-5118

UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-11T21:00:00
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Description

The screenshot images displayed in the Activity Stream page displayed when a new tab is opened is created from the meta tags of websites. An issue was discovered where the page could attempt to create these images through "file:" URLs from the local file system. This loading is blocked by the sandbox but could expose local data if combined with another attack that escapes sandbox protections. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Mozilla

Firefox

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

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GHSA-qwv3-5w4v-cwp9

Advisory Details

The screenshot images displayed in the Activity Stream page displayed when a new tab is opened is created from the meta tags of websites. An issue was discovered where the page could attempt to create these images through "file:" URLs from the local file system. This loading is blocked by the sandbox but could expose local data if combined with another attack that escapes sandbox protections. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5118
WEB https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420049
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: May 14, 2022

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420049
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T05:26:46.969Z
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