Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-18511

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-18511

Published: February 13, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17654
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18511
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 same-origin policy.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing canvas elements with transferFromImageBitmap method. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into visiting it, bypass cross-origin policy and view images loaded in other browser tabs.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-18511

Install updates from vendor's website.

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