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CVE-2018-5109
An audio capture session can started under an incorrect origin from the site making the capture request. Users are still prompted to allow…
Medium5.3EPSS 0.60%
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- mozilla
Description
An audio capture session can started under an incorrect origin from the site making the capture request. Users are still prompted to allow the request but the prompt can display the wrong origin, leading to user confusion about which site is making the request to capture an audio stream. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.60% · top 51% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
- Audio capture prompts and starts with incorrect origin attribution
- CWE-346 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-346 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (5)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1405599 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1040270 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- USN-3544-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 102786 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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