CVE-2018-5141 — Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation8 documents5 sources
Severity
8.2HIGHNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.23%
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 vulnerability in the notifications Push API where notifications can be sent through service workers by web content without direct user interaction. This could be used to open new tabs in a denial of service (DOS) attack or to display unwanted content from arbitrary URLs to users. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 4.2

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-77wh-39r6-7gg9: A vulnerability in the notifications Push API where notifications can be sent through service workers by web content without direct user interaction↗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-2018-5141: A vulnerability in the notifications Push API where notifications can be sent through service workers by web content without direct user interaction↗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-2018-5141: firefox - A vulnerability in the notifications Push API where notifications can be sent th...↗2018
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