CVE-2019-9799 — Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer12 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.2%
top 53.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla FirefoxDebian Firefox
Timeline
PublishedApr 26
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Insufficient bounds checking of data during inter-process communication might allow a compromised content process to be able to read memory from the parent process under certain conditions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 66.0-1 (sid)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 66
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 66.0
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 66.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+8

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-2fh8-hvqx-49wh: Insufficient bounds checking of data during inter-process communication might allow a compromised content process to be able to read memory from the p↗2022-05-24
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OSV
firefox regressions↗2019-04-16
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OSV
firefox regression↗2019-03-28
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2019-03-25
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2019-03-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Firefox regressions↗2019-04-16
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Ubuntu
Firefox regression↗2019-03-28
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2019-03-25
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2019-03-21
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Debian
CVE-2019-9799: firefox - Insufficient bounds checking of data during inter-process communication might al...↗2019
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