Vulnerability CVE-2018-5118


Published: 2018-06-11

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.

Type:

CWE-200

(Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Mozilla -> Firefox 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420049
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/

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