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CVE-2018-5118

Date: June 11, 2018

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-5118
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420049
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5118
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-5118

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Information Leak / Disclosure

CWE-200

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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