Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2019-17012
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 70 and Firefox ESR 68.2. 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 Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.023 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions before 71
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions before 68.3
- Mozilla Firefox Esr
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions before 68.3
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 19.10
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-38/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/ (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4241-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0292 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0295 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-17012?
- CVE-2019-17012 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-01-08.
- How severe is CVE-2019-17012?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.