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MFSA2018-11 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 60 (CVE-2018-5169)

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MFSA2018-11 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 60 (CVE-2018-5169)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/09/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/10/2018
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-60_0

References

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