CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-11757
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-01-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
When following the value's prototype chain, it was possible to retain a reference to a locale, delete it, and subsequently reference it. This resulted in a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 70, Thunderbird < 68.2, and Firefox ESR < 68.2.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 70.0)
• mozilla firefox esr (< 68.2)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 68.2)
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1577107 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-33/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-34/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-35/ Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1577107 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-33/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-34/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-35/ Vendor Advisory