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CVE-2018-5179

Publication date 26 April 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
oxide-qt 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N