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CVE-2018-5141 (GCVE-0-2018-5141)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:26
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability in the notifications Push API where notifications can be sent through service workers by web content without direct user interaction. This could be used to open new tabs in a denial of service (DOS) attack or to display unwanted content from arbitrary URLs to users. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • DOS attack through notifications Push API
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429093 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 59 (custom)
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Date Public
2018-03-13 00:00
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