Vulnerability record

CVE-2019-11707

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Vulnerability

Severity: HighExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Firefox and Thunderbird, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Jun 13, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop. This can allow for an exploitable crash. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.7.1, Firefox < 67.0.3, and Thunderbird < 60.7.2.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
FirefoxMozilla< 60.7.1; < 67.0.3; < 60.7.260.7.1; 67.0.3; 60.7.2NVD
Firefox and ThunderbirdMozilla——KEV

Sources: NVD = NIST National Vulnerability Database; KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2019-11707 scored CVSS 8.8: Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Firefox and Thunderbird systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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References