CVE-2019-11740

Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 69, Firefox ESR 68.1, Firefox ESR 60.9, Thunderbird 68.1, and Thunderbird 60.9

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 68, Firefox ESR 68, and Firefox 60.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69, Thunderbird < 68.1, Thunderbird < 60.9, Firefox ESR < 60.9, and Firefox ESR < 68.1.

Los desarrolladores de Mozilla y los miembros de la comunidad reportaron bugs de seguridad de la memoria presentes en Firefox versión 68, Firefox ESR versión 68 y Firefox 60.8. Algunos de estos errores mostraron evidencia de corrupción de memoria y presumimos que con suficiente esfuerzo algunos de estos podrían ser explotados para ejecutar código arbitrario. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox versiones anteriores a 69, Thunderbird versiones anteriores a 68.1, Thunderbird versiones anteriores a 60.9, Firefox versiones anteriores a 60.9 y Firefox ESR versiones anteriores a 68.1.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-05-03 CVE Reserved
2019-09-04 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-09-20 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (14)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html	2022-03-31
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html	2022-03-31
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html	2022-03-31
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html	2022-03-31
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1563133%2C1573160	2022-03-31
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201911-07	2022-03-31
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4150-1	2022-03-31
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25	2022-03-31
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26	2022-03-31
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-27	2022-03-31
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-29	2022-03-31
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-30	2022-03-31
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11740	2019-09-19
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1748652	2019-09-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				< 69.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 69.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				< 60.9.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 60.9.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				>= 68.0 < 68.1.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " >= 68.0 < 68.1.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 60.9.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 60.9.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				>= 68.0 < 68.1.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " >= 68.0 < 68.1.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"		esm		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				19.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "19.04"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1"		-		Affected