Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-9797
Published: March 21, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18036
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9797
CWE-ID: CWE-264
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 gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect implementation of the cross-origin policy when reading images using createImageBitmap. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted web page and gain access to images opened in other browser tabs.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-9797
Install updates from vendor's website.