CVE-2018-5179
A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run...
7.5 HighFix available
A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
1.67%Up 1.3 points since Apr 14, 2021
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.
- Record
CVE-2018-5179- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-772
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.
- Record
CVE-2018-5179- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-16964 No score
A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.
- Record
EUVD-2018-16964- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8j5m-6wvx-8fqm
A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run...
A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.
- Record
GHSA-8j5m-6wvx-8fqm- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-772
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2018:3004
Red Hat Security Advisory: chromium-browser security update
- Record
RHSA-2018:3004- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-5179
A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5179- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVopenSUSE-SU-2018:3835-1 No score
Security update for chromium
This update contains Chromium 70.0.3538.102 and fixes security issues and bugs.
Vulnerabilities fixed in 70.0.3538.102:
- CVE-2018-17478: Out of bounds memory access in V8 (boo#1115537)
Vulnerabilities fixed in 70.0.3538.67 (bsc#1112111):
- CVE-2018-17462: Sandbox escape in AppCache
- CVE-2018-17463: Remote code execution in V8
- Heap buffer overflow in Little CMS in PDFium
- CVE-2018-17464: URL spoof in Omnibox
- CVE-2018-17465: Use after free in V8
- CVE-2018-17466: Memory corruption in Angle
- CVE-2018-17467: URL spoof in Omnibox
- CVE-2018-17468: Cross-origin URL disclosure in Blink
- CVE-2018-17469: Heap buffer overflow in PDFium
- CVE-2018-17470: Memory corruption in GPU Internals
- CVE-2018-17471: Security UI occlusion in full screen mode
- CVE-2018-17473: URL spoof in Omnibox
- CVE-2018-17474: Use after free in Blink
- CVE-2018-17475: URL spoof in Omnibox
- CVE-2018-17476: Security UI occlusion in full screen mode
- CVE-2018-5179: Lack of limits on update() in ServiceWorker
- CVE-2018-17477: UI spoof in Extensions
This update contains the following packaging changes:
- VAAPI hardware accelerated rendering is now enabled by default.
- Use the system libusb-1.0 library
- Use bundled harfbuzz library
- Disable gnome-keyring to avoid crashes
- noto-emoji-fonts is no longer a recommended dependency
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2018:3835-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1 No score
chromedriver-93.0.4577.82-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the chromedriver-93.0.4577.82-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 No score
ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:2872-1 No score
Security update for MozillaFirefox
This update for MozillaFirefox to 68.2.0 ESR fixes the following issues:
Mozilla Firefox was updated to version 68.2.0 ESR (bsc#1154738).
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2019-15903: Fixed a heap overflow in the expat library (bsc#1149429).
- CVE-2019-11757: Fixed a use-after-free when creating index updates in IndexedDB (bsc#1154738).
- CVE-2019-11758: Fixed a potentially exploitable crash due to 360 Total Security (bsc#1154738).
- CVE-2019-11759: Fixed a stack buffer overflow in HKDF output (bsc#1154738).
- CVE-2019-11760: Fixed a stack buffer overflow in WebRTC networking (bsc#1154738).
- CVE-2019-11761: Fixed an unintended access to a privileged JSONView object (bsc#1154738).
- CVE-2019-11762: Fixed a same-origin-property violation (bsc#1154738).
- CVE-2019-11763: Fixed an XSS bypass (bsc#1154738).
- CVE-2019-11764: Fixed several memory safety bugs (bsc#1154738).
Non-security issues fixed:
- Firefox 60.7 ESR changed the user interface language (bsc#1137990).
- Wrong Firefox GUI Language (bsc#1120374).
- Fixed an inadvertent crash report transmission without user opt-in (bsc#1074235).
- Firefox hangs randomly when browsing and scrolling (bsc#1043008).
- Firefox stops loading page until mouse is moved (bsc#1025108).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
chromium-browserDebian:9 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs |
before 70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1, plus listed versions 59.0.3071.104-159.0.3071.86-160.0.3112.72-160.0.3112.78-160.0.3112.78-1~deb9u1 Show 45 moreShow less61.0.3163.100-161.0.3163.100-1~deb9u161.0.3163.100-262.0.3202.75-162.0.3202.75-1~deb9u162.0.3202.89-162.0.3202.89-1~deb9u163.0.3239.30-163.0.3239.40-163.0.3239.84-163.0.3239.84-1~deb9u164.0.3282.119-164.0.3282.119-1~deb9u164.0.3282.119-265.0.3325.146-165.0.3325.146-265.0.3325.146-365.0.3325.146-465.0.3325.73-165.0.3325.74-166.0.3359.117-166.0.3359.117-1~deb9u166.0.3359.139-166.0.3359.181-166.0.3359.22-166.0.3359.22-266.0.3359.22-366.0.3359.26-166.0.3359.26-267.0.3396.48-167.0.3396.56-167.0.3396.57-167.0.3396.62-167.0.3396.62-267.0.3396.79-167.0.3396.79-267.0.3396.87-167.0.3396.87-1~deb9u168.0.3440.17-168.0.3440.25-168.0.3440.33-168.0.3440.42-168.0.3440.7-168.0.3440.75-168.0.3440.75-1~deb9u1 |
70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1 |
chromium-browserRed Hat:rhel_extras:6 From an advisory covering 17 CVEs |
before 0:70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10 | 0:70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10 |
chromium-browser-debuginfoRed Hat:rhel_extras:6 From an advisory covering 17 CVEs |
before 0:70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10 | 0:70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 8 From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
MozillaFirefoxSUSE:Enterprise Storage 5 From an advisory covering 51 CVEs |
before 68.2.0-109.95.2 | 68.2.0-109.95.2 |
chromium-browserUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions 45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.120147.0.2526.73-0ubuntu1.121847.0.2526.106-0ubuntu1.122148.0.2564.82-0ubuntu1.122248.0.2564.116-0ubuntu1.1229 Show 35 moreShow less49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu1.123249.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.123350.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.123751.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.124252.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125053.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125453.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125755.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.126356.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.04.126857.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.127658.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.127758.0.3029.96-0ubuntu0.16.04.127958.0.3029.110-0ubuntu0.16.04.128159.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.128959.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.129160.0.3112.78-0ubuntu0.16.04.129360.0.3112.113-0ubuntu0.16.04.129861.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.130061.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.16.04.130662.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.16.04.130862.0.3202.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.131362.0.3202.89-0ubuntu0.16.04.131562.0.3202.94-0ubuntu0.16.04.131763.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.163.0.3239.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.164.0.3282.119-0ubuntu0.16.04.164.0.3282.140-0ubuntu0.16.04.164.0.3282.167-0ubuntu0.16.04.165.0.3325.181-0ubuntu0.16.04.166.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.16.04.366.0.3359.181-0ubuntu0.16.04.167.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.16.04.268.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.168.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.16.04.169.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
oxide-qtUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.9.5-0ubuntu11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.21.11.3-0ubuntu31.11.4-0ubuntu1 Show 17 moreShow less1.11.5-0ubuntu11.12.5-0ubuntu11.12.6-0ubuntu11.12.7-0ubuntu11.13.6-0ubuntu11.14.7-0ubuntu11.14.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.15.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.16.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.17.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.18.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.19.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
None known |
chromium-browserUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, plus listed versions 61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu1.137862.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.17.10.138062.0.3202.89-0ubuntu1.138662.0.3202.94-0ubuntu1.138863.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1 Show 12 moreShow less63.0.3239.108-0ubuntu164.0.3282.119-0ubuntu164.0.3282.140-0ubuntu164.0.3282.167-0ubuntu165.0.3325.146-0ubuntu165.0.3325.181-0ubuntu166.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.366.0.3359.181-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.18.04.169.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs |
before 70.0.3538.102-74.1 | 70.0.3538.102-74.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 1081 CVEs |
before 93.0.4577.82-1.1 | 93.0.4577.82-1.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 2310 CVEs |
before 113.0.5672.92-1.1 | 113.0.5672.92-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-5179 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Mozilla Firefox, published November 2, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.67%, the 76th percentile. Fixed in chromium-browser 70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.
References
mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5179
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j5m-6wvx-8fqm
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1628969
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security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2018/rhsa-2018_3004.json
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5179
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20192872-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1010399
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5179
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/QUMMQ2BSESALCKVYTBVE6TKYA2UTXO3I
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