CVE-2018-5167

Publication date 11 May 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The web console and JavaScript debugger do not sanitize all output that can be hyperlinked. Both will display "chrome:" links as active, clickable hyperlinks in their output. Web sites should not be able to directly link to internal chrome pages. Additionally, the JavaScript debugger will display "javascript:" links, which users could be tricked into clicking by malicious sites. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
	17.10 artful	Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

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