Improper Input Validation Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <60.7.2esr-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
1.81% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-FIREFOXESR-527290
  • published23 Jun 2019
  • disclosed23 Jul 2019

Introduced: 23 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-11708  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 firefox-esr to version 60.7.2esr-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1