VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-5109
Users are still prompted to allow the request but the prompt can display the wrong origin, leading to user confusion about which site is making the request to capture an audio stream.
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 0.62%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An audio capture session can started under an incorrect origin from the site making the capture request. Users are still prompted to allow the request but the prompt can display the wrong origin, leading to user confusion about which site is making the request to capture an audio stream. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.62% probability · 48th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-346
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1405599Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1405599Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.