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CVE-2018-5118
N/ADescription
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.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A
Published6/11/2018
Last Modified11/21/2024
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
canonical:ubuntu_linuxmozilla:firefox
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-200
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786(security@mozilla.org)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270(security@mozilla.org)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420049(security@mozilla.org)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/(security@mozilla.org)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/(security@mozilla.org)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420049(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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