PT-2018-3412 · Mozilla+2 · Firefox+2

Kestrel · Published 2018-12-11 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2018-18495

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Firefox versions prior to 64

Description: The issue is related to WebExtension content scripts being loaded into about: pages under certain circumstances, contrary to the permissions granted to extensions. This could enable an extension to interfere with the loading and usage of these pages, utilizing capabilities intended to be restricted.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 64, update to version 64 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

CWE-275

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2963

ALT-PU-2019-2324

ALT-PU-2019-2486

BDU:2020-00784

CVE-2018-18495

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

USN-3844-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Ubuntu

References · 1888

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17466 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12405 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18495 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18494 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18497 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18498 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3844-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12407 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-00784 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-18495 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18495 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1427585 · Vendor Advisory