CVE-2019-9790 — Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV5.9
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 26
Latest updateMay 24
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when a raw pointer to a DOM element on a page is obtained using JavaScript and the element is then removed while still in use. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.6, Firefox ESR < 60.6, and Firefox < 66.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages11 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
7GHSA▶
GHSA-2hrr-r3hg-fjc2: A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when a raw pointer to a DOM element on a page is obtained using JavaScript and the element is then removed wh↗2022-05-24
OSV▶
CVE-2019-9790: A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when a raw pointer to a DOM element on a page is obtained using JavaScript and the element is then removed wh↗2019-04-26