CVE-2019-11759
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CVE-2019-11759 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.8/10 on the CVSS scale. An attacker could have caused 4 bytes of HMAC output to be written past the end of a buffer stored on the stack. This could be used by an attacker to execute arbitrary code or more likely lead to a crash. EPSS estimates a 1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An attacker could have caused 4 bytes of HMAC output to be written past the end of a buffer stored on the stack. This could be used by an attacker to execute arbitrary code or more likely lead to a crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 70, Thunderbird < 68.2, and Firefox ESR < 68.2.
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 | < 70.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | < 68.2 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 68.2 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1577953Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-33/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-34/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-35/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1577953Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-33/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-34/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-35/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
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- Status
- Modified
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