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CVE-2019-11751
Logging-related command line parameters are not properly sanitized when Firefox is launched by another program, such as when a user clicks…
High8.8EPSS 1.1%
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- mozilla
Description
Logging-related command line parameters are not properly sanitized when Firefox is launched by another program, such as when a user clicks on malicious links in a chat application. This can be used to write a log file to an arbitrary location such as the Windows 'Startup' folder. <br>*Note: this issue only affects Firefox on Windows operating systems.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69 and Firefox ESR < 68.1.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Malicious code execution through command line parameters
- CWE-88 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-88 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 69
- affected unspecified – < 68.1
References (5)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1572838 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2260 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- 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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