Input validation error in Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer - CVE-2019-0608
Published: October 8, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21632
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0608
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of HTTP response headers. A remote attacker that controls a web server can send specially crafted HTTP response headers and impersonate a user request by crafting HTTP queries.
Affected software
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft Internet Explorer
How to mitigate CVE-2019-0608
Install updates from vendor's website.