CVE-2018-12403 Security feature bypass in Firefox

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Firefox fails to display mixed content warnings for HTTP favicons on HTTPS sites, potentially hiding insecure resource loading from users.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2018-12403?

CVE-2018-12403 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 28 Feb 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

If a site is loaded over a HTTPS connection but loads a favicon resource over HTTP, the mixed content warning is not displayed to users. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 63.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12403?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12403?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-12403 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12403 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rvgp-cj49-43c7, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12403.

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