CVE-2018-5138

MEDIUM

Firefox < 59.0 - Spoofing via Extremely Long Domain Name in Android Custom Tab

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432624
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0081
EPSS Percentile 74.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
mozilla/firefox < 59.0
Published Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026