High severity · published Jan 8, 2020
CVE-2019-17024
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 71 and Firefox ESR 68.3
8.8
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 71 and Firefox ESR 68.3. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4 and Firefox < 72.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 72.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Eus · Redhat
7.7; 8.1; 8.2; 8.4 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.7; 8.2; 8.4 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
7.7; 8.2; 8.4 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
FE
Firefox Esr · Mozilla
before 68.4 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
16.04; 18.04; 19.04; 19.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17024
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17024
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00029.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00043.html
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-thunderbird-Updates.html
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0085
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0086
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0111
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