CVE-2018-18497

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    CVE-2018-18497

    Published: 28 Feb 2019Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Limitations 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.

    References: , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488180

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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