5.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2019-11717
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird URI Spoofing Vulnerability
Description

A vulnerability exists where the caret ("^") character is improperly escaped constructing some URIs due to it being used as a separator, allowing for possible spoofing of origin attributes. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.

INFO

Published Date :

July 23, 2019, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:21 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-11717 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
3 Mozilla thunderbird
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Novell suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-11717.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548306 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-23/ Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548306 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-23/ Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-11717 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-11717 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548306
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20
    Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/
    Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/
    Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-23/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 28, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548306 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548306 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-20 CWE-116
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548306 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548306 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-23/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-23/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 68.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 60.8.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 60.8.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-11717 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-11717 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.45 }} -0.80%

score

0.74708

percentile

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