CVE-2018-5142

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    CVE-2018-5142

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: If Media Capture and Streams API permission is requested from documents with "data:" or "blob:" URLs, the permission notifications do not properly display the originating domain. The notification states "Unknown protocol" as the requestee, leading to user confusion about which site is asking for this permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

    References: , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366357

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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