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Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Vulnerability

Mozilla - Firefox and Thunderbird · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2022-05-23. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CVE-2019-11707

HighCVSS 8.8KEV
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A type confusion vulnerability in the JavaScript engine of Firefox and Thunderbird, caused by issues with Array.pop, can lead to an exploitable crash. Targeted attacks in the wild are known.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could remotely crash the browser or potentially execute arbitrary code, posing a serious risk to users.

Recommendation

Immediately update Firefox and Thunderbird to patched versions.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop. This can allow for an exploitable crash. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.7.1, Firefox < 67.0.3, and Thunderbird < 60.7.2.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS