CVE-2019-11708
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-07-23 13:20
Modified
2024-08-04 23:03
Severity ?
Summary
Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed parent process opening web content chosen by a compromised child process. When combined with additional vulnerabilities this could result in executing arbitrary code on the user's computer. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.7.2, Firefox < 67.0.4, and Thunderbird < 60.7.2.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155592/Mozilla-Firefox-Windows-64-Bit-Chain-Exploit.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1559858Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-19/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-20/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaFirefox
MozillaThunderbird
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-05-23

Due date: 2022-06-13

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11708

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