Description
If hyperthreading is not disabled, a timing attack vulnerability exists, similar to previous Spectre attacks. Apple has shipped macOS 10.14.5 with an option to disable hyperthreading in applications running untrusted code in a thread through a new sysctl. Firefox now makes use of it on the main thread and any worker threads. *Note: users need to update to macOS 10.14.5 in order to take advantage of this change.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7, Firefox < 67, and Firefox ESR < 60.7.
Published: 2019-07-23
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: 1.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-19177 If hyperthreading is not disabled, a timing attack vulnerability exists, similar to previous Spectre attacks. Apple has shipped macOS 10.14.5 with an option to disable hyperthreading in applications running untrusted code in a thread through a new sysctl. Firefox now makes use of it on the main thread and any worker threads. *Note: users need to update to macOS 10.14.5 in order to take advantage of this change.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7, Firefox < 67, and Firefox ESR < 60.7.
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Mozilla Firefox Firefox Esr Thunderbird
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T22:01:55.125Z

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

Link: CVE-2019-9815

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-07-23T14:15:17.030

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:52:21.973

Link: CVE-2019-9815

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2019-05-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-9815 - Bugzilla

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