CVE-2018-5142 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2018-5142 PUBLISHED

If Media Capture and Streams API permission is requested from documents with "data:" or "blob:" URLs, the permission notifications do not properly display the originating domain. The notification states "Unknown protocol" as the requestee, leading to user confusion about which site is asking for this permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

EPSS 1.18% · 78.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

1.18%

78.6th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	firefox	0, 24.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	firefox	0, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1, 42.0+build2-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	firefox	0, 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1, 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1

Timeline

Mar 14, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5142 third-party-advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/ third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3596-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5142 third-party-advisory

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