What is CVE-2018-5179?

CVE-2018-5179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-04-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-5179?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2018-5179

A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.

EPSS: 0.015 (71.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox
N/a Firefox — versions All versions prior to Firefox 60

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5179?: CVE-2018-5179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-04-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-5179?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.