CVE-2019-9789
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CVE-2019-9789 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 65. 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 1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 65. 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 < 66.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 66.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1520483%2C1522987%2C1528199%2C1519337%2C1525549%2C1516179%2C1518524%2C1518331%2C1526579%2C1512567%2C1524335%2C1448505%2C1518821Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1520483%2C1522987%2C1528199%2C1519337%2C1525549%2C1516179%2C1518524%2C1518331%2C1526579%2C1512567%2C1524335%2C1448505%2C1518821Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/Vendor Advisory
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- Status
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