CVE-2019-17017

high-risk
Published 2020-01-08

Due to a missing case handling object types, a type confusion vulnerability could occur, resulting in a crash. We presume that with enough effort that it could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4 and Firefox < 72.

Do I need to act?

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2.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (17)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Mozilla Canonical

References (50)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00029.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00043.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-...
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0085
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0086
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0111
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0120
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0123
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0127
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0292
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0295
Permissions Required https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1603055
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00005.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00016.html
Mailing List https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/12
Third Party Advisory https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/18
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/26
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4234-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4241-1/
and 30 more references
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 19/34 · Moderate