CVE-2018-18497
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18497
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-18497.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-18497
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2019-02-28T18:29:01.790Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-10T14:35:43.519418Z
- Severity
-
- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to open privileged about: or file: locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64.
- References
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
unresolved_ranges
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "64.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "14.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "16.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "18.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "18.10"
}
]
}
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-18497.json"