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CVE-2018-5176

Publication date 11 May 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

The JSON Viewer displays clickable hyperlinks for strings that are parseable as URLs, including "javascript:" links. If a JSON file contains malicious JavaScript script embedded as "javascript:" links, users may be tricked into clicking and running this code in the context of the JSON Viewer. This can allow for the theft of cookies and authorization tokens which are accessible to that context. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

Status

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 6.1 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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