CVE-2018-5142

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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=1366357Permissions 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=1366357Permissions 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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