CVE-2018-18497

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-18497
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-02-28 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionLimitations 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3844-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
1488180 - (CVE-2018-18497) Extensions can load arbitrary URLs in new windows via "|" separators CONFIRM bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Firefox MFSA2018-29 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 64 — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
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