Security restrictions bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-12398

Vulnerability identifier: #VU15497

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12398

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The weakness exists due to an error when using the reflected URL in some special resource URIs, such as chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, inject stylesheets and bypass Content Security Policy (CSP).

Mozilla Firefox
Arch Linux

Update to version 63.0.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 63.0

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
• Arch Linux update for firefox