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CVE-2019-11708

Public on 2019-07-18
Modified on 2019-07-22
Description

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.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
10.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core thunderbird 2019-07-18 18:17 ALAS2-2019-1250

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 10.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 10.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-11708 Mitre: CVE-2019-11708 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity