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MFSA2018-05 Firefox: Arbitrary code execution through unsanitized browser UI (CVE-2018-5124)

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MFSA2018-05 Firefox: Arbitrary code execution through unsanitized browser UI (CVE-2018-5124)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/29/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/12/2018
Modified
05/01/2019

Description

Unsanitized output in the browser UI leaves HTML tags in place and can result in arbitrary code execution in Firefox before version 58.0.1.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-58_0_1

References

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