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CVE-2019-11716 (GCVE-0-2019-11716)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-07-23 13:18 – Updated: 2024-08-04 23:03
VLAI
Summary
Until explicitly accessed by script, window.globalThis is not enumerable and, as a result, is not visible to code such as Object.getOwnPropertyNames(window). Sites that deploy a sandboxing that depends on enumerating and freezing access to the window object may miss this, allowing their sandboxes to be bypassed. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 68.
CWE
  • globalThis not enumerable until accessed
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 68 (custom)
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