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ghsa-qwv3-5w4v-cwp9

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-14 03:16

Modified

2022-05-14 03:16

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

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.

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CVE-2018-5118 (GCVE-0-2018-5118)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2018-06-11 21:00

Modified

2024-08-05 05:26

Severity ?

CWE

Activity Stream images can attempt to load local content through file:

Summary

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.

References

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URL

Tags

	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420049	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Mozilla	Firefox	Version: unspecified < 58

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