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CVE-2019-17005
The plain text serializer used a fixed-size array for the number of <ol> elements it could process; however it was possible to overflow…
High8.8EPSS 1.9%
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- mozilla
Description
The plain text serializer used a fixed-size array for the number of <ol> elements it could process; however it was possible to overflow the static-sized array leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.
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)
- 1.9% · top 20% 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
- Buffer overflow in plain text serializer
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected before 68.3
- affected before 68.3
- affected before 71
References (12)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1584170 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-38/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-4241-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0292 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0295 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-202003-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- GLSA-202003-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-4335-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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