{"id":"CVE-2018-5118","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-5118","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:11:59.293Z","title":"This loading is blocked by the sandbox but could expose local data if combined with another attack that escapes sandbox protections.","description":"The screenshot images displayed in the Activity Stream page displayed when a new tab is opened is created from the meta tags of websites. An issue was discovered where the page could attempt to create these images through \"file:\" URLs from the local file system. This loading is blocked by the sandbox but could expose local data if combined with another attack that escapes sandbox protections. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.","published":"2018-06-11T21:29:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:59:39.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@mozilla.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["mozilla/firefox","canonical/ubuntu linux"],"epss":{"score":0.01526,"percentile":0.74553,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420049","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@mozilla.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420049","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5118","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}