Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5118
Published: January 24, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10195
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5118
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the Activity Stream page when attempting to create screenshot images through file: URLs from the local file system. A remote attacker can bypass security restrictions and expose local data if combined with another attack that escapes sandbox protections.
Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
Ubuntu
Ubuntu
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5118
Update to version 58.0.