{"id":"USN-3596-1","summary":"firefox vulnerabilities","details":"Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were\ntricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could\npotentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application\ncrash or opening new tabs, escape the sandbox, bypass same-origin\nrestrictions, obtain sensitive information, confuse the user with\nmisleading permission requests, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5125,\nCVE-2018-5126, CVE-2018-5127, CVE-2018-5128, CVE-2018-5129, CVE-2018-5130,\nCVE-2018-5136, CVE-2018-5137, CVE-2018-5140, CVE-2018-5141, CVE-2018-5142)\n\nIt was discovered that the fetch() API could incorrectly return cached\ncopies of no-store/no-cache resources in some circumstances. A local\nattacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information in\nenvironments where multiple users share a common profile. (CVE-2018-5131)\n\nMultiple security issues were discovered with WebExtensions. If a user\nwere tricked in to installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker\ncould potentially exploit these to obtain sensitive information or bypass\nsecurity restrictions. (CVE-2018-5132, CVE-2018-5134, CVE-2018-5135)\n\nIt was discovered that the value of app.support.baseURL is not sanitized\nproperly. If a malicious local application were to set this to a specially\ncrafted value, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute\narbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5133)\n\nIt was discovered that javascript: URLs with embedded tab characters could\nbe pasted in to the addressbar. If a user were tricked in to copying a\nspecially crafted URL in to the addressbar, an attacker could exploit this\nto conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2018-5143)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:17Z","published":"2018-03-14T21:56:40Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5125","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5126","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5127","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5128","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5129","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5130","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5131","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5132","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5133","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5134","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5135","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5136","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5137","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5140","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5141","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5142","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5143"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-5125","CVE-2018-5126","CVE-2018-5127","CVE-2018-5128","CVE-2018-5129","CVE-2018-5130","CVE-2018-5131","CVE-2018-5132","CVE-2018-5133","CVE-2018-5134","CVE-2018-5135","CVE-2018-5136","CVE-2018-5137","CVE-2018-5140","CVE-2018-5141","CVE-2018-5142","CVE-2018-5143","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5125","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5126","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5127","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5128","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5129","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5130","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5131","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5132","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5133","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5134","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5135","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5136","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5137","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5140","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5141","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5142","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5143"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3596-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5125"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5126"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5127"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5128"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5129"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5130"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5131"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5132"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5133"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5134"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5135"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5136"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5137"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5140"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5141"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5142"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5143"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"firefox","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/firefox@59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"}]}],"versions":["24.0+build1-0ubuntu1","25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1","28.0~b2+build1-0ubuntu2","28.0+build1-0ubuntu1","28.0+build2-0ubuntu1","28.0+build2-0ubuntu2","29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","30.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3","31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","32.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","33.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","34.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","35.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","36.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4","36.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","37.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","37.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","38.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4","40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","41.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","42.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","43.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","44.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","44.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","44.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","45.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","45.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","46.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3","47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","48.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","50.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","52.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","52.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","53.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","55.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","56.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4","57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.5","57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","57.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","57.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","58.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","58.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No 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