Improper Data Handling Affecting mozilla package, versions [,59.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378663
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-5142  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-19  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 59.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Data Handling. 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.

CVSS Scores

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