CVE-2018-5137

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A legacy extension's non-contentaccessible, defined resources can be loaded by an arbitrary web page through script. This script does this by using a maliciously crafted path string to reference the resources. Note: this vulnerability does not affect WebExtensions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	>= unspecified, < 59

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432870Permissions Required
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432870Permissions Required
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 11, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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