Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package firefox (opens in a new tab)
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- published23 Jun 2019
- disclosed23 Jul 2019
Introduced: 23 Jun 2019
CVE-2019-11708 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:13.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Debian.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11708
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11708
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155592/Mozilla-Firefox-Windows-64-Bit-Chain-Exploit.html
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-19/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-20/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1559858
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-11708
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-11708
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50691
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- https://github.com/0vercl0k/CVE-2019-11708