CVE-2018-5142

Description

If Media Capture and Streams API permission is requested from documents with "data:" or "blob:" URLs, the permission notifications do not properly display the originating domain. The notification states "Unknown protocol" as the requestee, leading to user confusion about which site is asking for this permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1366357

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3