Memory leak in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-11694
Published: May 21, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18559
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-2019-11694
CWE-ID: CWE-401
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 perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in Windows sandbox where an uninitialized value in memory can be leaked to a renderer from a broker when making a call to access an otherwise unavailable file.. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page and gain access to sensitive information stored in memory on the system.
Note: the vulnerability affects Windows versions of Firefox.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11694
Install updates from vendor's website.