The screenshot images displayed in the Activity Stream page displayed when a new tab is opened is created from the meta tags of websites. An issue was discovered where the page could attempt to create these images through "file:" URLs from the local file system. This loading is blocked by the sandbox but could expose local data if combined with another attack that escapes sandbox protections. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T05:26:46.969Z
Reserved: 2018-01-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-5118
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:13.623
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:08:08.790
Link: CVE-2018-5118
Redhat
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