CVE-2018-5113: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The "browser.identity.launchWebAuthFlow" function of WebExtensions is only allowed to load content over "https:" but this requirement was not properly enforced. This can potentially allow privileged pages to be loaded by the extension. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 17.10 only
• Mozilla Firefox: up to and including 57.0.4

Published 2018-06-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.