CVE-2018-18497 | BDVDB-2026-113182 Detail

MozillaFirefox

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488180
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12019-02-28Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.