8.8
HIGH
CVE-2019-17017
Firefox Type Confusion Crash Vulnerability
Description

Due to a missing case handling object types, a type confusion vulnerability could occur, resulting in a crash. We presume that with enough effort that it could be exploited to run arbitrary code. 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
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-17017 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 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus
5 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 9
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-2019-17017.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00029.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00043.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-thunderbird-Updates.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0085 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0086 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0111
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0120
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0123
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0127
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0292
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0295
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1603055 Permissions Required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00016.html
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/12 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/18 Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/26
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4234-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4241-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4600 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4603
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-01/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-02/ Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-17017 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-17017 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
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 29, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 12, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0295 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0292 [No Types Assigned]
  • 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. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00016.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/26 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4603 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 16, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4241-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 16, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0123 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0120 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0127 [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. 14, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0111 [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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0085 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0085 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0086 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0086 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1603055 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1603055 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00005.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/12 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/18 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/18 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4234-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4234-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4600 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4600 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-843
    Added CPE Configuration 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
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 13, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0086 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0085 [No Types Assigned]
  • 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]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 10, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4234-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4600 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/12 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00005.html [No Types Assigned]
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-2019-17017 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-2019-17017 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.66 }} -0.01%

score

0.79414

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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