CVE-2019-17021

During the initialization of a new content process, a race condition occurs that can allow a content process to disclose heap addresses from the parent process. *Note: this issue only occurs on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4 and Firefox < 72.

• CWE-362

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00043.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-thunderbird-Updates.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1599008Exploit, Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-01/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-02/Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00043.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-thunderbird-Updates.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1599008Exploit, Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-01/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-02/Vendor Advisory

Published

Jan 8, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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