CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-17015
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-787
Description
During the initialization of a new content process, a pointer offset can be manipulated leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash in the parent process. *Note: this issue only occurs on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4 and Firefox < 72.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 72.0)
• mozilla firefox esr (< 68.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00029.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00043.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-thunderbird-Updates.html packetstormsecurity.com
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1599005 Permissions Required
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/18 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-01/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-02/ Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00029.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00043.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-thunderbird-Updates.html packetstormsecurity.com
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1599005 Permissions Required
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/18 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-01/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-02/ Vendor Advisory