CVE-2019-11761

critical
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

By using a form with a data URI it was possible to gain access to the privileged JSONView object that had been cloned into content. Impact from exposing this object appears to be minimal, however it was a bypass of existing defense in depth mechanisms. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 70, Thunderbird < 68.2, and Firefox ESR < 68.2.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11761

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201910-15

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201910-16

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed70.0-1
debian debiansidfixed70.0-1
debian debianbookwormfixed68.2.0esr-1
debian debianbullseyefixed68.2.0esr-1
debian debianforkyfixed68.2.0esr-1
debian debiantrixiefixed68.2.0esr-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.