8.8
HIGH
CVE-2019-17013
Mozilla Firefox Remote Code Execution (RCE)
Description

Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 70. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 71.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 8, 2020, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 21, 2021, 11:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-17013 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
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-2019-17013.

URL Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1298509%2C1472328%2C1577439%2C1577937%2C1580320%2C1584195%2C1585106%2C1586293%2C1593865%2C1594181 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/ Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-17013 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-120 CWE-416 CWE-787
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 13, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1298509%2C1472328%2C1577439%2C1577937%2C1580320%2C1584195%2C1585106%2C1586293%2C1593865%2C1594181 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1298509%2C1472328%2C1577439%2C1577937%2C1580320%2C1584195%2C1585106%2C1586293%2C1593865%2C1594181 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-120
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 71.0
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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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-2019-17013 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.26 }} 0.02%

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0.62229

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