vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-18499): firefox vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Feb 28, 2019 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 28, 2019
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
A same-origin policy violation allowing the theft of cross-origin URL entries when using a meta http-equiv="refresh" on a page to cause a redirection to another site using performance.getEntries(). This is a same-origin policy violation and could allow for data theft. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-firefoxubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird
References
- CVE-2018-18499
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-18499
- CWE-346
- URL-https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1468523
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18499
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20/#CVE-2018-18499
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-21/#CVE-2018-18499
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-25/#CVE-2018-18499
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20/
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-21/
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-25/
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