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CVE-2019-17021

During the initialization of a new content process, a race condition occurs that can allow a content process to disclose heap addresses from the parent process. *Note: this issue only occurs on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4 and Firefox < 72.

Published

2020-01-08T22:15:12.653

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:31:33.697

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-362

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 72.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox_esr	< 68.4	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows	-	No
Operating System	opensuse	leap	15.1	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00029.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00043.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-thunderbird-Updates.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1599008 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Permissions Required ([email protected])
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/18 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-01/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-02/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00029.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00043.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-thunderbird-Updates.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1599008 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/18 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-01/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-02/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)