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MFSA2018-06 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 59 (CVE-2018-5140)

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MFSA2018-06 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 59 (CVE-2018-5140)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/11/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/12/2018
Modified
08/03/2018

Description

Image for moz-icons can be accessed through the "moz-icon:" protocol through script in web content even when otherwise prohibited. This could allow for information leakage of which applications are associated with specific MIME types by a malicious page. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-59_0

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