CVE-2018-5142

Published: 14 March 2018

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.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Released (59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.17.10.1)
	bionic	Released (59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1)
	trusty	Released (59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
	upstream	Released (59.0)
	xenial	Released (59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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