CVE-2019-11708

CVE Details

Release Date:	2019-06-20
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed parent process opening web content chosen by a compromised child process. When combined with additional vulnerabilities this could result in executing arbitrary code on the user's computer. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.7.2, Firefox < 67.0.4, and Thunderbird < 60.7.2.

See more information about CVE-2019-11708 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	7.5
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	None
User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2019-1604	2019-06-25
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2019-1624	2019-06-27
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2019-1603	2019-06-26
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2019-1626	2019-06-27
Oracle Linux version 8 (firefox)	ELSA-2019-1696	2019-07-30
Oracle Linux version 8 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2019-1623	2019-07-30