7.5

CVE-2018-5112: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-5112
Published 11-06-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-5112 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.95%
0%100%
Low · -0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1USN-3544-1

Timeline

  1. 11-06-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Development Tools panels of an extension are required to load URLs for the panels as relative URLs from the extension manifest file but this requirement was not enforced in all instances. This could allow the development tools panel for the extension to load a URL that it should not be able to access, including potentially privileged pages. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.95%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.04 pp

From 1.99% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.95%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical1 product
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 58 | ≤ 57.0.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • firefox< 58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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