CVE-2019-9790Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-416Use After Free16 documents7 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV5.9
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
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

debiandebian/firefox< firefox 66.0-1 (sid)
CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified66
debiandebian/firefox-esr< firefox 66.0-1 (sid)
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified60.6
Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 66.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+8

🔴Vulnerability Details

7
GHSA
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 wh2022-05-24
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 wh2019-04-26
OSV
firefox regressions2019-04-16
OSV
firefox regression2019-03-28
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities2019-03-28

📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Firefox regressions2019-04-16
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2019-03-28
Ubuntu
Firefox regression2019-03-28
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2019-03-25
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2019-03-21

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9790 Mozilla: Use-after-free when removing in-use DOM elements2019-03-20