CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-9811

8.3 HIGH Published 2019-07-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-07-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-74

Description

As part of a winning Pwn2Own entry, a researcher demonstrated a sandbox escape by installing a malicious language pack and then opening a browser feature that used the compromised translation. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.

Affected configurations

• mozilla firefox (< 68.0) • mozilla firefox esr (< 60.8) • mozilla thunderbird (< 60.8) • debian debian linux 8.0 • novell suse package hub for suse linux enterprise 12 • opensuse leap 15.0 • opensuse leap 15.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness

References