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CVE-2018-18497

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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.

VendorProductVersions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected
unspecified - < 64

References

USN-3844-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
106167
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID

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