CVE-2019-9793Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.4%
top 39.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 26
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A mechanism was discovered that removes some bounds checking for string, array, or typed array accesses if Spectre mitigations have been disabled. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to create an arbitrary value in compiled JavaScript, for which the range analysis will infer a fully controlled, incorrect range in circumstances where users have explicitly disabled Spectre mitigations. *Note: Spectre mitigations are currently enabled for all users by default settings.*. This vulnerability a

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages12 packages

debiandebian/firefox< firefox 66.0-1 (sid)
CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified66
NVDmozilla/firefox< 66.0
debiandebian/firefox-esr< firefox 66.0-1 (sid)
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified60.6

🔴Vulnerability Details

7
GHSA
GHSA-w86v-mv97-qh72: A mechanism was discovered that removes some bounds checking for string, array, or typed array accesses if Spectre mitigations have been disabled2022-05-24
OSV
CVE-2019-9793: A mechanism was discovered that removes some bounds checking for string, array, or typed array accesses if Spectre mitigations have been disabled2019-04-26
OSV
firefox regressions2019-04-16
OSV
firefox regression2019-03-28
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities2019-03-28

📋Vendor Advisories

8
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

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9793 Mozilla: Improper bounds checks when Spectre mitigations are disabled2019-03-20
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9793 struts: DoS attack via crafted XML payload processed by REST Plugin using XStream library2017-09-05