#VU18043 Out-of-bounds read in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-9805
Published: March 21, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18043
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2019-9805
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Software vendor:
Mozilla
Mozilla
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the Prio library . A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the application.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.