Security restrictions bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5110

 

Security restrictions bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5110

Published: January 24, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10193
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5110
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when the cursor visibility is toggled by script using from 'none' to an image and back through script. A remote attacker can bypass security restrictions and make the cursor temporarily invisible within Firefox.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-5110

Update to version 58.0.

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