CVE-2018-5137 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure8 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxDebian FirefoxCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A legacy extension's non-contentaccessible, defined resources can be loaded by an arbitrary web page through script. This script does this by using a maliciously crafted path string to reference the resources. Note: this vulnerability does not affect WebExtensions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 59.0-1 (sid)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 59
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 59.0
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+4

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-wp9v-37cg-c4mq: A legacy extension's non-contentaccessible, defined resources can be loaded by an arbitrary web page through script↗2022-05-14
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OSV
firefox regression↗2018-04-06
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2018-03-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-5137: A legacy extension's non-contentaccessible, defined resources can be loaded by an arbitrary web page through script↗2018-03-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Firefox regression↗2018-04-06
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2018-03-14
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Debian
CVE-2018-5137: firefox - A legacy extension's non-contentaccessible, defined resources can be loaded by a...↗2018
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