CVE-2019-9820

moderate-risk

Published 2019-07-23

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in the chrome event handler when it is freed while still in use. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7, Firefox < 67, and Firefox ESR < 60.7.

Do I need to act?

0.55% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Firefox

Firefox Esr

Thunderbird

Affected Vendors

Mozilla

References (8)

Permissions Required https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1536405

Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/

Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-14/

Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-15/

Permissions Required https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1536405

Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/

Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-14/

Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-15/

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moderate-risk

Severity 32/34 · Critical

Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal

Exposure 9/34 · Low