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CVE-2018-5169 PUBLISHED

If manipulated hyperlinked text with "chrome:" URL contained in it is dragged and dropped on the "home" icon, the home page can be reset to include a normally-unlinkable chrome page as one of the home page tabs. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

EPSS 0.59% · 68.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.59%

68.9th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	firefox	*, 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1, 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	firefox	29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2, 31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	firefox	45.0+build2-0ubuntu1, 45.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1, 45.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1

Timeline

May 11, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5169 third-party-advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/#CVE-2018-5169 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3645-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5169 third-party-advisory

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