CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-5179

7.5 HIGH Published 2019-04-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-04-26
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-772

Description

A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.

Affected configurations

• mozilla firefox (< 60.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime weakness

References