CVE-2018-5141: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.2. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

  • Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 17.10 only
  • Mozilla Firefox: before 59.0 (fixed in 59.0)

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