Vulnerability CVE-2018-5167: Information

Description

The web console and JavaScript debugger do not sanitize all output that can be hyperlinked. Both will display "chrome:" links as active, clickable hyperlinks in their output. Web sites should not be able to directly link to internal chrome pages. Additionally, the JavaScript debugger will display "javascript:" links, which users could be tricked into clicking by malicious sites. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

Severity: MEDIUM (4.3) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Published: June 12, 2018
Modified: Aug. 3, 2018
Error type identifier: CWE-20

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Hyperlink
Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/
  • Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1447969
  • Issue Tracking
  • Permissions Required
  • Vendor Advisory
USN-3645-1
  • Third Party Advisory
1040896
  • Third Party Advisory
  • VDB Entry
104139
  • Third Party Advisory
  • VDB Entry
    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      End excliding
      60.0