CVE-2019-11717
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CVE-2019-11717 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.3/10 on the CVSS scale. A vulnerability exists where the caret ("^") character is improperly escaped constructing some URIs due to it being used as a separator, allowing for possible spoofing of origin attributes. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.. EPSS estimates a 2.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A vulnerability exists where the caret ("^") character is improperly escaped constructing some URIs due to it being used as a separator, allowing for possible spoofing of origin attributes. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 60.8.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 68.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 60.8.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 |
| Novell | Suse Package Hub For Suse Linux Enterprise | 12 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.0 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548306Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-23/Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548306Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-23/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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