Type Confusion in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-11750
Published: September 3, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20830
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11750
CWE-ID: CWE-843
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 execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error in Spidermonkey. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a type confusion error and crash the affected application.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11750
Install updates from vendor's website.