Security restrictions bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5109
Published: January 24, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10192
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5109
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the prompting and starting an audio capture session with an incorrect origin from the site making the capture request. A remote attacker can bypass security restrictions and cause user confusion about which site is making the request to capture an audio stream.
Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
Ubuntu
Ubuntu
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5109
Update to version 58.0.