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Mozilla: Cross-origin theft of images with createImageBitmap

Published Apr 26, 2019

Description

Cross-origin images can be read in violation of the same-origin policy by exporting an image after using createImageBitmap to read the image and then rendering the resulting bitmap image within a canvas element. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.

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Red Hat statement

In general, this flaw cannot be exploited through email in Thunderbird because scripting is disabled when reading mail, but it is potentially a risk in browser or browser-like contexts.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mozilla
Published Apr 26, 2019
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Reserved Mar 14, 2019
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date May 22, 2019