CVE-2019-9818

high

Description

A race condition is present in the crash generation server used to generate data for the crash reporter. This issue can lead to a use-after-free in the main process, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash and a sandbox escape. *Note: this vulnerability only affects Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7, Firefox < 67, and Firefox ESR < 60.7.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-15/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-14/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1542581

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-07-23

Updated: 2021-07-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High