Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <60.8.0esr-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.63% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FIREFOXESR-5679590
  • published24 Jul 2019
  • disclosed23 Jul 2019

Introduced: 23 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-11715  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 firefox-esr to version 60.8.0esr-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:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Due to an error while parsing page content, it is possible for properly sanitized user input to be misinterpreted and lead to XSS hazards on web sites in certain circumstances. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.