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CVE-2019-17017
Due to a missing case handling object types, a type confusion vulnerability could occur, resulting in a crash. We presume that with enough…
High8.8EPSS 2.5%
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- mozilla
Description
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.
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)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (6 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
- Type Confusion in XPCVariant.cpp
- CWE-843 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-843 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected before 68.4
- affected before 72
References (25)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1603055 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-01/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-02/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20200109 [SECURITY] [DSA 4600-1] firefox-esr security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200109 [SECURITY] [DLA 2061-1] firefox-esr security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4600 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-4234-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 20200112 [slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird (SSA:2020-010-01) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0085 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0086 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-thunderbird-Updates.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0111 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0120 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0123 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0127 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-4241-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-4603 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20200120 [SECURITY] [DSA 4603-1] thunderbird security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200120 [SECURITY] [DLA 2071-1] thunderbird security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0094 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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
- USN-4335-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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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