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CVE-2019-17012

Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 71 and Firefox ESR 68.3

Severity Score

8.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 70 and Firefox ESR 68.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.

Los desarrolladores de Mozilla reportaron bugs de seguridad de memoria presentes en Firefox versión 70 y Firefox ESR versión 68.2. Algunos de estos errores mostraron evidencia de corrupción de memoria y suponemos que con un esfuerzo suficiente algunos de estos podrían haber sido explotados para ejecutar código arbitrario. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Thunderbird versiones anteriores a la versión 68.3, Firefox ESR versiones anteriores a la versión 68.3 y Firefox versiones anteriores a la versión 71.

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, or execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.

*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
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
  • 2019-09-30 CVE Reserved
  • 2019-12-04 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 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
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Mozilla
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 Firefox
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 < 71.0
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-
Affected
Mozilla
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 Firefox Esr
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 < 68.3
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-
Affected
Mozilla
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 Thunderbird
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 < 68.3
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-
Affected
Opensuse
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 Leap
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 15.1
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-
Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 16.04
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esm
Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 18.04
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lts
Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 19.10
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-
Affected