#VU15489 Cross-origin policy bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-12391 

 

#VU15489 Cross-origin policy bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-12391

Published: October 24, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15489
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12391
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to audio data can be accessed across origins in violation of security policies during HTTP Live Stream playback on Firefox for Android. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, bypass cross-origin policies and conduct further attacks.

Remediation

Update to version 63.0.

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