5.3

CVE-2018-5142: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 5.3v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-5142
Published 11-06-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-5142 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.19%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 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-3596-1

Timeline

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

Description

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 metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

67%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.03 pp

From 1.21% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.19%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Canonical1 product
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ unspecified, < 59 | < 59.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • firefox< 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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