CVE-2018-18497 SUSE CVE security@suse.de SUSE Security Team SUSE CVE-2018-18497 Interim 1 26 2025-11-05T03:21:29Z current 2021-05-30T14:18:07Z 2025-11-05T03:21:29Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf-cve.pl 2020-12-27T01:00:00Z CVE-2018-18497 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. The CVRF data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0). https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/3HI2RC7AJAHY74Q6MK7GNGWU6TITB22V/ E-Mail link for openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/ SUSE Security Ratings SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox MozillaFirefox-92.0-1.2 MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream-92.0-1.2 MozillaFirefox-devel MozillaFirefox-devel-92.0-1.2 MozillaFirefox-translations-common MozillaFirefox-translations-common-92.0-1.2 MozillaFirefox-translations-other MozillaFirefox-translations-other-92.0-1.2 firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 firefox-esr-branding-upstream-128.5.1-1.1 firefox-esr-translations-common-128.5.1-1.1 firefox-esr-translations-other-128.5.1-1.1 libfreebl3 libfreebl3-32bit libfreebl3-hmac libfreebl3-hmac-32bit libsoftokn3 libsoftokn3-32bit libsoftokn3-hmac libsoftokn3-hmac-32bit mozilla-nspr mozilla-nspr-32bit mozilla-nspr-devel mozilla-nss mozilla-nss-32bit mozilla-nss-certs mozilla-nss-certs-32bit mozilla-nss-devel mozilla-nss-sysinit mozilla-nss-tools MozillaFirefox-92.0-1.2 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream-92.0-1.2 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox-devel-92.0-1.2 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox-translations-common-92.0-1.2 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox-translations-other-92.0-1.2 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed firefox-esr-branding-upstream-128.5.1-1.1 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed firefox-esr-translations-common-128.5.1-1.1 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed firefox-esr-translations-other-128.5.1-1.1 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox as a component of SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 MozillaFirefox-devel as a component of SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 MozillaFirefox-translations-common as a component of SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 MozillaFirefox-translations-other as a component of SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 MozillaFirefox as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox-devel as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox-translations-common as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox-translations-other as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS mozilla-nspr as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 libfreebl3 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 libfreebl3-hmac as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 libsoftokn3 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 libsoftokn3-hmac as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 mozilla-nss as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 mozilla-nss-certs as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 mozilla-nss-tools as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 mozilla-nspr as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 libfreebl3 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 libfreebl3-hmac as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 libsoftokn3 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 libsoftokn3-hmac as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 mozilla-nss as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 mozilla-nss-certs as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 mozilla-nss-tools as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 mozilla-nspr as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 libfreebl3 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 libfreebl3-hmac as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 libsoftokn3 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 libsoftokn3-hmac as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 mozilla-nss as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 mozilla-nss-certs as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 mozilla-nss-tools as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 mozilla-nspr as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 mozilla-nspr-32bit as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 mozilla-nspr-devel as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 libfreebl3 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 libfreebl3-32bit as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 libfreebl3-hmac as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 libfreebl3-hmac-32bit as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 libsoftokn3 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 libsoftokn3-32bit as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 libsoftokn3-hmac as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 libsoftokn3-hmac-32bit as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 mozilla-nss as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 mozilla-nss-32bit as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 mozilla-nss-certs as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 mozilla-nss-certs-32bit as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 mozilla-nss-devel as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 mozilla-nss-sysinit as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 mozilla-nss-tools as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 MozillaFirefox as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox-devel as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox-translations-common as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox-translations-other as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox-devel as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox-translations-common as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox-translations-other as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 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. CVE-2018-18497 openSUSE Tumbleweed:MozillaFirefox-92.0-1.2 openSUSE Tumbleweed:MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream-92.0-1.2 openSUSE Tumbleweed:MozillaFirefox-devel-92.0-1.2 openSUSE Tumbleweed:MozillaFirefox-translations-common-92.0-1.2 openSUSE Tumbleweed:MozillaFirefox-translations-other-92.0-1.2 openSUSE Tumbleweed:firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 openSUSE Tumbleweed:firefox-esr-branding-upstream-128.5.1-1.1 openSUSE Tumbleweed:firefox-esr-translations-common-128.5.1-1.1 openSUSE Tumbleweed:firefox-esr-translations-other-128.5.1-1.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2:libfreebl3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2:libfreebl3-hmac SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2:libsoftokn3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2:libsoftokn3-hmac SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2:mozilla-nspr SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2:mozilla-nss SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2:mozilla-nss-certs SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2:mozilla-nss-tools SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3:libfreebl3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3:libfreebl3-hmac SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3:libsoftokn3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3:libsoftokn3-hmac SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3:mozilla-nspr SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3:mozilla-nss SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3:mozilla-nss-certs SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3:mozilla-nss-tools SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4:libfreebl3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4:libfreebl3-hmac SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4:libsoftokn3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4:libsoftokn3-hmac SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4:mozilla-nspr SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4:mozilla-nss SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4:mozilla-nss-certs SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4:mozilla-nss-tools SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:libfreebl3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:libfreebl3-32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:libfreebl3-hmac SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:libfreebl3-hmac-32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:libsoftokn3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:libsoftokn3-32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:libsoftokn3-hmac SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:libsoftokn3-hmac-32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:mozilla-nspr SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:mozilla-nspr-32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:mozilla-nspr-devel SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:mozilla-nss SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:mozilla-nss-32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:mozilla-nss-certs SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:mozilla-nss-certs-32bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:mozilla-nss-devel SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:mozilla-nss-sysinit SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4:mozilla-nss-tools moderate 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N