Bug 1595035 (CVE-2018-12370)

Summary: CVE-2018-12370 Mozilla: SameSite cookie protections bypassed when exiting Reader View
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
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Description Doran Moppert 2018-06-26 01:53:05 UTC
In Reader View SameSite cookie protections are not checked on exiting. This allows for a payload to be triggered when Reader View is exited if loaded by a malicious site while Reader mode is active, bypassing CSRF protections.



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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/#CVE-2018-12370

Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2018-06-26 01:53:09 UTC
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Jun Kokatsu