UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5167

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5167

    Published: 11 May 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5167
    Aliases:
    USN-3645-1

    Summary:

    Details: The web console and JavaScript debugger do not sanitize all output that can be hyperlinked. Both will display "chrome:" links as active, clickable hyperlinks in their output. Web sites should not be able to directly link to internal chrome pages. Additionally, the JavaScript debugger will display "javascript:" links, which users could be tricked into clicking by malicious sites. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5167, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/#CVE-2018-5167, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3645-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5167

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

    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