CVE-2018-5142: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

If Media Capture and Streams API permission is requested from documents with "data:" or "blob:" URLs, the permission notifications do not properly display the originating domain. The notification states "Unknown protocol" as the requestee, leading to user confusion about which site is asking for this permission. 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.