Content Security Policy (CSP) is not applied correctly to all parts of multipart content sent with the "multipart/x-mixed-replace" MIME type. This could allow for script to run where CSP should block it, allowing for cross-site scripting (XSS) and other attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2018-5164 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.1 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | None |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected |
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