CVE-2019-9793
A mechanism was discovered that removes some bounds checking for string, array, or typed array accesses if Spectre mitigations have been…
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Description
A mechanism was discovered that removes some bounds checking for string, array, or typed array accesses if Spectre mitigations have been disabled. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to create an arbitrary value in compiled JavaScript, for which the range analysis will infer a fully controlled, incorrect range in circumstances where users have explicitly disabled Spectre mitigations. *Note: Spectre mitigations are currently enabled for all users by default settings.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.6, Firefox ESR < 60.6, and Firefox < 66.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
- Improper bounds checks when Spectre mitigations are disabled
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 60.6
- affected unspecified – < 60.6
- affected unspecified – < 66
References (6)
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1528829 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:0966 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:1144 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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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