Improper Input Validation Affecting mozilla package, versions [,60.7.2)(60.7.2,67.0.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.81% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378824
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Jul 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Jul 2019

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

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 60.7.2, 67.0.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. 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

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