Vulnerability CVE-2018-5133: Information

Description

If the "app.support.baseURL" preference is changed by a malicious local program to contain HTML and script content, this content is not sanitized. It will be executed if a user loads "chrome://browser/content/preferences/in-content/preferences.xul" directly in a tab and executes a search. This stored preference is also executed whenever an EME video player plugin displays a CDM-disabled message as a notification message. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

Severity: MEDIUM (6.5) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Published: June 12, 2018
Modified: Aug. 3, 2018
Error type identifier: CWE-200

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Hyperlink
Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/
  • Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430974
  • Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430511
  • Permissions Required
USN-3596-1
  • Third Party Advisory
1040514
  • VDB Entry
  • Third Party Advisory
103386
  • Third Party Advisory
  • VDB Entry
    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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      59.0

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*