CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5167
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
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.
Affected configurations
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• mozilla firefox (< 60.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1447969 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1447969 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/ Vendor Advisory