High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 28, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-18496
CVE-2018-18496
Description
When the RSS Feed preview about:feeds page is framed within another page, it can be used in concert with scripted content for a clickjacking attack that confuses users into downloading and executing an executable file from a temporary directory. *Note: This issue only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are not affected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64.
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Affected products
5unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <64.0
- (no CPE)range: <64
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 92.0-1.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/nvdVendor Advisory
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