Use-after-free in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-11746

 

Use-after-free in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-11746

Published: September 3, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU20818
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-2019-11746
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error while manipulating video elements if the body is freed while still in use. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
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 x86_64
firefox (Ubuntu package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
firefox-esr (Alpine package)
firefox-esr (Debian package)
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2019-11746

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 69.0
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 69.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4, 69.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 69.0+build2-0ubuntu0.19.04.1, 69.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 69.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 69.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:60.9.0-1~deb9u1, 1:60.9.0-1~deb10u1
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:60.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2, 1:60.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:60.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
Mozilla Thunderbird - addressed in versions 60.9.0, 68.1.0
Firefox ESR - addressed in versions 60.9.0, 68.1.0
firefox-esr (Alpine package) - update to 60.9.0-r0
firefox-esr (Debian package) - update to 60.9.0esr-1~deb10u1

External References

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