CVE-2018-5169

Publication date 11 May 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

If manipulated hyperlinked text with "chrome:" URL contained in it is dragged and dropped on the "home" icon, the home page can be reset to include a normally-unlinkable chrome page as one of the home page tabs. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1
	17.10 artful	Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

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