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FKIE_CVE-2018-5140

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-11 21:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:59

Severity

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

Summary

Image for moz-icons can be accessed through the "moz-icon:" protocol through script in web content even when otherwise prohibited. This could allow for information leakage of which applications are associated with specific MIME types by a malicious page. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

References

URL	Tags
security@mozilla.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.org	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.org	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424261	Permissions Required
security@mozilla.org	https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/	Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424261	Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
mozilla	firefox	*
canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04
canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04
canonical	ubuntu_linux	17.10

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CVE-2018-5140 (GCVE-0-2018-5140)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:26

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Moz-icon images accessible to web content through moz-icon: protocol

Assigner

mozilla mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424261	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Mozilla	Firefox	Affected: unspecified , < 59 (custom)

Date Public

2018-03-13 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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