CVE-2018-5141

HIGH

Firefox < 59.0 - Denial of Service via Push API Notification Abuse

Title source: llm

Description

A vulnerability in the notifications Push API where notifications can be sent through service workers by web content without direct user interaction. This could be used to open new tabs in a denial of service (DOS) attack or to display unwanted content from arbitrary URLs to users. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386

Permissions Required x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429093

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.2

EPSS 0.0107

EPSS Percentile 78.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (4)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10

mozilla/firefox < 59.0

Published Jun 11, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026