Description
A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.
Published: 2019-04-26
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4330-1 chromium-browser security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-16964 A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.
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Mozilla Firefox
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:26:46.996Z

Reserved: 2018-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-5179

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-26T14:29:00.237

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:08:16.857

Link: CVE-2018-5179

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-5179 - Bugzilla

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