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Arch Linux: Access restriction bypass (CVE-2018-5168)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jun 11, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes in Firefox before 60.0 and Thunderbird before 52.8, by manipulating the baseURI property of the theme element. This could allow a malicious site to install a theme without user interaction which could contain offensive or embarrassing images.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest

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