VDB
CVE-2018-18497
CVE-2018-18497
PUBLISHED
Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to open privileged about: or file: locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64.
EPSS 0.20% · 42.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.20%
42.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | 47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 0, 25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | firefox | 0, 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1, 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 52.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 52.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
Timeline
- Dec 11, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 11, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18497 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/#CVE-2018-18497 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3844-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18497 third-party-advisory