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CVE-2018-18497

CVSS v3.0 6.5 (Medium)
65% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.3 (Medium)
43% Progress
EPSS 0.18 % (56th)
0.18% Progress
Affected Products 2
Advisories 4
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-NVD-noinfo
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Published Date
2019-02-28 18:29:01
(5 years ago)
Updated Date
2020-08-24 17:37:01
(4 years ago)

Affected Products

Canonical

Mozilla

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Mozilla Firefox prior 64.0 version cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox < 64.0

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10