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CVE-2019-11708

CVE-2019-11708CRITICAL

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  C  H  H  H   10.0   .5587   99.0   YES

AFFECTED
  Product      Versions       Fixed
  Firefox ESR  unspecified –  —
  Firefox      unspecified –  —
  Thunderbird  unspecified –  —

TIMELINE
  May 3   Reserved by mozilla
  Jul 23  Published (CNA: mozilla)
  May 23  Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-06-13

CWE-20 · CNA: mozilla · CVSS v3.1 · 6 references · KEV due June 13, 2022

Description

Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed parent process opening web content chosen by a compromised child process. When combined with additional vulnerabilities this could result in executing arbitrary code on the user's computer. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.7.2, Firefox < 67.0.4, and Thunderbird < 60.7.2.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
May 3, 2019	Reserved	Reserved by mozilla
July 23, 2019	Published	Published (CNA: mozilla)
May 23, 2022	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-06-13

Affected

Affected products and packages — 3 rows
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	—	unspecified	—
Mozilla	Firefox	—	unspecified	—
Mozilla	Thunderbird	—	unspecified	—

Weaknesses

CWE-20

References (6)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155592/Mozilla-Firefox-Windows-64-Bit-Chain-Exploit.html [x_refsource_MISC]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1559858 [x_refsource_MISC]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-11708 [government-resource]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-19/ [x_refsource_MISC]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-20/ [x_refsource_MISC]

Authoritative record: CVE-2019-11708 at cve.org

Vendors: mozilla

Weaknesses: CWE-20

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