Insecure Temporary File Affecting firefox package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-FIREFOX-22252838
  • published6 Nov 2026
  • disclosed3 Dec 2019

Introduced: 3 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-17009  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-377  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 firefox.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

When running, the updater service wrote status and log files to an unrestricted location; potentially allowing an unprivileged process to locate and exploit a vulnerability in file handling in the updater service. Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected.. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1