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CVE-2019-11717
A vulnerability exists where the caret ("^") character is improperly escaped constructing some URIs due to it being used as a separator,…
Medium5.3EPSS 2.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mozilla
Description
A vulnerability exists where the caret ("^") character is improperly escaped constructing some URIs due to it being used as a separator, allowing for possible spoofing of origin attributes. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mozilla
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
- Caret character improperly escaped in origins
- CWE-116 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-116 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 60.8
- affected unspecified – < 68
- affected unspecified – < 60.8
References (13)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-23/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548306 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1811 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1813 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190802 [SECURITY] [DLA 1869-1] firefox-esr security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190802 [SECURITY] [DLA 1870-1] thunderbird security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201908-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- GLSA-201908-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1990 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2248 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2249 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2019-11717)Record last updated .