5.3med
CVE-2018-5138
A spoofing vulnerability can occur when a malicious site with an extremely long domain name is opened in an Android Custom Tab (a browser p…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.3
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.1%
percentile 65%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
A spoofing vulnerability can occur when a malicious site with an extremely long domain name is opened in an Android Custom Tab (a browser panel inside another app) and the default browser is Firefox for Android. This could allow an attacker to spoof which page is actually loaded and in use. Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions and operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.09% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/103386 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1432624 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1040514 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-5138
- NVD: CVE-2018-5138
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