CVE-2019-11717
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-07-23 13:18
Modified
2024-08-04 23:03
Severity ?
Summary
A vulnerability exists where the caret ("^") character is improperly escaped constructing some URIs due to it being used as a separator, allowing for possible spoofing of origin attributes. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548306Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-23/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaFirefox
MozillaThunderbird
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