Memory corruption in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-9794
Published: March 21, 2019 / Updated: March 21, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18033
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9794
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of command line arguments within the URI handler when opening documents with Firefox. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a file with a specially crafted filename and execute arbitrary commands on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-9794
Install updates from vendor's website.