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CVE-2018-18497
Published: Feb 28, 2019
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to open privileged about: or file: locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Mozilla | Firefox | affected unspecified - < 64 |
References
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488180
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/
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USN-3844-1
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106167
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