ID:7817 - Exploit for Type Confusion in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2019-17026

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:7817 - Exploit for Type Confusion in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2019-17026

ID:7817 - Exploit for Type Confusion in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2019-17026

Published: May 13, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU24147
Vulnerability risk: Critical
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17026
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error with StoreElementHole and FallibleStoreElement when processing HTML content in IonMonkey JIT compiler. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted webpage, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Note, this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.


Remediation

Update to Firefox 72.0.1 or Firefox ESR 68.4.1.