CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5141
8.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
A vulnerability in the notifications Push API where notifications can be sent through service workers by web content without direct user interaction. This could be used to open new tabs in a denial of service (DOS) attack or to display unwanted content from arbitrary URLs to users. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 59.0)
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429093 Permissions Required
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429093 Permissions Required
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/ Vendor Advisory