CVE-2019-11740

8.8 HIGH
Published: September 27, 2019 Modified: November 25, 2025

Description

Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 68, Firefox ESR 68, and Firefox 60.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69, Thunderbird < 68.1, Thunderbird < 60.9, Firefox ESR < 60.9, and Firefox ESR < 68.1.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1563133%2C1573160
Source: security@mozilla.org
Issue Tracking Not Applicable Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201911-07
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4150-1/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-27/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-29/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-30/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1563133%2C1573160
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Not Applicable Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201911-07
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4150-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-27/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-29/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-30/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.5%
81th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

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