CVE-2019-11740
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CVE-2019-11740 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.8/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 1.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 60.9.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 69.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | >= 68.0, < 68.1.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 60.9.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | >= 68.0, < 68.1.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 19.04 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.0 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1563133%2C1573160Issue Tracking, Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201911-07Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4150-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-27/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-29/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-30/Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1563133%2C1573160Issue Tracking, Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201911-07Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4150-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-27/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-29/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-30/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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