CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5142
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Description
If Media Capture and Streams API permission is requested from documents with "data:" or "blob:" URLs, the permission notifications do not properly display the originating domain. The notification states "Unknown protocol" as the requestee, leading to user confusion about which site is asking for this permission. 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
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=1366357 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=1366357 Permissions Required
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/ Vendor Advisory