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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.3
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade firefox-esr | Nov 8, 2019 | Jul 23, 2019 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfo | Apr 27, 2020 | Jul 23, 2019 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jul 23, 2019 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird-debugsourceUpgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-debugsourceUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird | Jul 16, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-esr | Jul 15, 2019 | Jul 15, 2019 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade libxulUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade waterfox | Jul 11, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin. | Aug 16, 2019 | Jul 23, 2019 |
| Mfsa2019 21 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 68.0 | Jul 10, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Mfsa2019 22 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 60.8 | Jul 10, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 60.8 | Jul 12, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/data/firefox-bookmarks to version 60.8.0-11.4.12.0.1.3.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 60.8.0-11.4.12.0.1.3.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 60.8.0-11.4.12.0.1.3.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade mail/thunderbird to version 60.8.0-11.4.12.0.1.3.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Aug 21, 2019 | Jul 23, 2019 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Jul 12, 2019 | Jul 10, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird-debugsourceNo solution existsUpgrade firefox-debugsourceUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade firefox-debuginfo | Jul 12, 2019 | Jul 11, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade firefox-gtk3-dataUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-amharicUpgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade firefox-libffi4Upgrade mozilla-nss-toolsUpgrade libsoftokn3-32bitUpgrade libfirefox-gthread-2_0-0Upgrade firefox-glib2-langUpgrade firefox-gio-branding-upstreamUpgrade libfreebl3-hmacUpgrade mozilla-nsprUpgrade firefox-libharfbuzz0Upgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade libsoftokn3-hmac-32bitUpgrade firefox-libatk-1_0-0Upgrade mozillafirefox-branding-sleUpgrade mozilla-nspr-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nspr-develUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-inuktitutUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-vietnameseUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbolsUpgrade firefox-gdk-pixbuf-query-loadersUpgrade mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bitUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodules-tigrignaUpgrade firefox-libcairo-gobject2Upgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-multipressUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-thaiUpgrade mozillathunderbirdUpgrade mozillafirefox-branding-upstreamUpgrade firefox-gtk3-langUpgrade mozilla-nss-sysinitUpgrade libfirefox-gobject-2_0-0Upgrade firefox-libffi7Upgrade mozillafirefox-develUpgrade libsoftokn3Upgrade mozilla-nss-32bitUpgrade libsoftokn3-hmacUpgrade firefox-gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailerUpgrade mozillafirefox-buildsymbolsUpgrade mozilla-nssUpgrade firefox-atk-langUpgrade mozilla-nss-certsUpgrade firefox-glib2-toolsUpgrade libfreebl3-32bitUpgrade firefox-gdk-pixbuf-langUpgrade firefox-libgdk_pixbuf-2_0-0Upgrade firefox-libpango-1_0-0Upgrade libfirefox-gmodule-2_0-0Upgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-ximUpgrade mozilla-nss-certs-32bitUpgrade mozillafirefoxUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-otherUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-commonUpgrade firefox-libcairo2Upgrade libfreebl3Upgrade firefox-gtk3-toolsUpgrade mozillafirefox-branding-sledUpgrade mozilla-nss-develUpgrade libfreebl3-hmac-32bitUpgrade libfirefox-glib-2_0-0Upgrade firefox-libgtk-3-0Upgrade libfirefox-gio-2_0-0Upgrade firefox-gtk3-branding-upstream | Jul 18, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Jul 13, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 |
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