Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting firefox package, versions <0:60.6.1-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.89% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FIREFOX-3420465
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Mar 2019

Introduced: 20 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-9795  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 firefox to version 0:60.6.1-1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:0966.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability where type-confusion in the IonMonkey just-in-time (JIT) compiler could potentially be used by malicious JavaScript to trigger a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.6, Firefox ESR < 60.6, and Firefox < 66.