Description
During the initialization of a new content process, a pointer offset can be manipulated leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash in the parent process. *Note: this issue only occurs on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4 and Firefox < 72.
Published: 2020-01-08
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-7489 During the initialization of a new content process, a pointer offset can be manipulated leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash in the parent process. *Note: this issue only occurs on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4 and Firefox < 72.
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00734}

epss

{'score': 0.00932}


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Microsoft Windows
Mozilla Firefox Firefox Esr
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:24:48.689Z

Reserved: 2019-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-17015

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-08T22:15:12.217

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:31:32.843

Link: CVE-2019-17015

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-17015 - Bugzilla

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