vulnerability
Arch Linux: Sandbox escape (CVE-2019-11708)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jul 23, 2019 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 23, 2019
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
An issue has been found in Firefox before 67.0.4, where an insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed parent process opening web content chosen by a compromised child process. When combined with additional vulnerabilities this could result in executing arbitrary code on the user's computer.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2019-11708
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2019-11708
- URL-http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155592/Mozilla-Firefox-Windows-64-Bit-Chain-Exploit.html
- URL-https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1559858
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201906-20
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-19/
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-20/
- CWE-20
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