Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-5785

 

Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-5785

Published: February 13, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17653
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5785
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the Skia library. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
Slackware Linux
Opensuse
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox-esr (Alpine package)
firefox-esr (Debian package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2019-5785

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 65.0.1
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:60.5.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1:60.5.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 1:60.5.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:60.5.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 65.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 65.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 65.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 65.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
Firefox ESR - update to 60.5.1
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 60.5.1
firefox-esr (Alpine package) - update to 60.5.2-r0
firefox-esr (Debian package) - update to 60.5.1esr-1~deb9u1
thunderbird (Debian package) - update to 1:60.5.1-1~deb9u1

External References

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