CVE-2019-9799 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Insufficient bounds checking of data during inter-process communication might allow a compromised content process to be able to read memory from the parent process under certain conditions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.

Published: 2019-04-26

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 66

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-19161	Insufficient bounds checking of data during inter-process communication might allow a compromised content process to be able to read memory from the parent process under certain conditions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3918-1	Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-3918-2	Firefox vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00235.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1505678
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/

History

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Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2019-04-26T16:13:22.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T22:01:54.891Z

Reserved: 2019-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-9799

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-26T17:29:02.897

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:52:19.967

Link: CVE-2019-9799

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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