cvelist/2018/18xxx/CVE-2018-18497.json

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      "ASSIGNER" : "security@mozilla.org",
      "ID" : "CVE-2018-18497",
      "STATE" : "PUBLIC"
   },
   "affects" : {
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                        "product_name" : "Firefox",
                        "version" : {
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                                 "version_affected" : "<",
                                 "version_value" : "64"
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               "vendor_name" : "Mozilla"
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   "data_type" : "CVE",
   "data_version" : "4.0",
   "description" : {
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            "lang" : "eng",
            "value" : "Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to open privileged about: or file: locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64."
         }
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   "problemtype" : {
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            "description" : [
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                  "lang" : "eng",
                  "value" : "WebExtensions can load arbitrary URLs through pipe separators"
               }
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      ]
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   "references" : {
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         {
            "name" : "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488180",
            "refsource" : "CONFIRM",
            "url" : "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488180"
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         {
            "name" : "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/",
            "refsource" : "CONFIRM",
            "url" : "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/"
         },
         {
            "name" : "USN-3844-1",
            "refsource" : "UBUNTU",
            "url" : "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/"
         },
         {
            "name" : "106167",
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            "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167"
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      ]
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}