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 thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird | 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-debugsourceUpgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird-debugsourceUpgrade thunderbird | Jul 16, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade firefox-esrUpgrade thunderbird | Jul 15, 2019 | Jul 15, 2019 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade waterfoxUpgrade libxulUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade firefox | Jul 11, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-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 mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 60.8.0-11.4.12.0.1.3.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade web/data/firefox-bookmarks 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 firefox-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade firefox-debugsourceNo solution existsUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade thunderbird-debugsourceUpgrade firefox | Jul 12, 2019 | Jul 11, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mozilla-nss-toolsUpgrade libfirefox-gthread-2_0-0Upgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade mozilla-nss-sysinitUpgrade mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bitUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbolsUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-inuktitutUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-thaiUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-multipressUpgrade mozillafirefox-branding-upstreamUpgrade libsoftokn3-32bitUpgrade firefox-libatk-1_0-0Upgrade mozilla-nspr-develUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodules-tigrignaUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-vietnameseUpgrade firefox-gio-branding-upstreamUpgrade firefox-gdk-pixbuf-query-loadersUpgrade mozillathunderbirdUpgrade libfirefox-gobject-2_0-0Upgrade firefox-libharfbuzz0Upgrade libsoftokn3-hmac-32bitUpgrade firefox-gtk3-langUpgrade libfreebl3-hmacUpgrade firefox-libffi4Upgrade firefox-gtk3-dataUpgrade firefox-libcairo-gobject2Upgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-amharicUpgrade mozilla-nspr-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nsprUpgrade mozillafirefox-branding-sleUpgrade firefox-glib2-langUpgrade mozillafirefox-branding-sledUpgrade mozilla-nss-develUpgrade libsoftokn3-hmacUpgrade firefox-libgdk_pixbuf-2_0-0Upgrade firefox-libcairo2Upgrade firefox-gtk3-toolsUpgrade firefox-libgtk-3-0Upgrade mozilla-nss-certsUpgrade firefox-libffi7Upgrade mozillafirefox-develUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-commonUpgrade libfirefox-glib-2_0-0Upgrade libsoftokn3Upgrade firefox-gdk-pixbuf-langUpgrade mozillafirefox-buildsymbolsUpgrade firefox-libpango-1_0-0Upgrade firefox-gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailerUpgrade mozilla-nss-32bitUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-ximUpgrade libfirefox-gio-2_0-0Upgrade mozilla-nss-certs-32bitUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-otherUpgrade libfreebl3-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nssUpgrade firefox-atk-langUpgrade libfirefox-gmodule-2_0-0Upgrade libfreebl3Upgrade firefox-gtk3-branding-upstreamUpgrade firefox-glib2-toolsUpgrade mozillafirefoxUpgrade libfreebl3-hmac-32bit | Jul 18, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Jul 13, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 |
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