CVE-2018-5179 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Mozilla Firefox
Timeline
PublishedApr 26
Latest updateMay 24

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.

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 Packages2 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 60.0
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxAll versions prior to Firefox 60

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8j5m-6wvx-8fqm: A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2018-5179: A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users↗2019-04-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
chromium-browser: Lack of limits on update() in ServiceWorker↗2018-10-16
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5179 chromium-browser: Lack of limits on update() in ServiceWorker↗2018-10-17
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