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CVE-2019-11708
CRITICALCISA KEV10.0
Description
Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed parent process opening web content chosen by a compromised child process. When combined with additional vulnerabilities this could result in executing arbitrary code on the user's computer. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.7.2, Firefox < 67.0.4, and Thunderbird < 60.7.2.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score10.0
SeverityCRITICAL
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
Published7/23/2019
Last Modified10/27/2025
Sourcekev
Honeypot Sightings0
CISA KEV
VendorMozilla
ProductFirefox and Thunderbird
Vulnerability NameMozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Vulnerability
KEV Date Added2022-05-23
Remediation Due Date2022-06-13
Ransomware UseUnknown
Affected Products
mozilla:firefoxmozilla:thunderbird
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-20CWE-20
References
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155592/Mozilla-Firefox-Windows-64-Bit-Chain-Exploit.html(security@mozilla.org)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1559858(security@mozilla.org)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12(security@mozilla.org)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-19/(security@mozilla.org)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-20/(security@mozilla.org)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155592/Mozilla-Firefox-Windows-64-Bit-Chain-Exploit.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1559858(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-19/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-20/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-11708(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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