CVE-2019-17015
Windows Firefox Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 8, 2020, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 13, 2020, 8:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
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CVE-2019-17015.
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2019-17015 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.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 22, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00043.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 15, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00029.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 13, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-thunderbird-Updates.html [No Types Assigned] -
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/show_bug.cgi?id=1599005 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1599005 Permissions Required Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/18 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/18 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-01/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-01/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-02/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-02/ Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-787 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 72.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 68.4 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 13, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/18 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-17015 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-2019-17015
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.23 }} -0.02%
score
0.85319
percentile