CVE-2019-9811
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
9.5
Description
As part of a winning Pwn2Own entry, a researcher demonstrated a sandbox escape by installing a malicious language pack and then opening a browser feature that used the compromised translation. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9811
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9811.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201907-4
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 68.0-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | sid | fixed | 68.0-1 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 60.8.0esr-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 60.8.0esr-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 60.8.0esr-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 60.8.0esr-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.