Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <60.6.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
69.16% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE319-FIREFOXESR-6107560
  • published8 Dec 2023
  • disclosed26 Apr 2019

Introduced: 26 Apr 2019

CVE-2019-9813  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.19 firefox-esr to version 60.6.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.19 relevant fixed versions and status.

Incorrect handling of proto mutations may lead to type confusion in IonMonkey JIT code and can be leveraged for arbitrary memory read and write. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.0.1, Firefox ESR < 60.6.1, and Thunderbird < 60.6.1.