CVE-2018-5112

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    CVE-2018-5112

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Development Tools panels of an extension are required to load URLs for the panels as relative URLs from the extension manifest file but this requirement was not enforced in all instances. This could allow the development tools panel for the extension to load a URL that it should not be able to access, including potentially privileged pages. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

    References: , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1425224

    Affected packages

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    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