Description
If manipulated hyperlinked text with "chrome:" URL contained in it is dragged and dropped on the "home" icon, the home page can be reset to include a normally-unlinkable chrome page as one of the home page tabs. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
Published: 2018-06-11
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-16954 If manipulated hyperlinked text with "chrome:" URL contained in it is dragged and dropped on the "home" icon, the home page can be reset to include a normally-unlinkable chrome page as one of the home page tabs. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3645-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Mozilla Firefox
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:26:46.981Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-5169

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:15.810

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:08:15.633

Link: CVE-2018-5169

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-05-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-5169 - Bugzilla

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