CVE-2018-5172 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-06-11 21:29:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-08-03 14:00:00

Affected Software

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

16.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10

17.10

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS Edition

18.04

Mozilla Firefox

References

104139

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1040896

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436482

Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory

USN-3645-1

Third Party Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/

Vendor Advisory

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