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-debuginfoUpgrade firefox-debugsourceUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird-debugsourceUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Jul 16, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-esr | Jul 15, 2019 | Jul 15, 2019 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade libxulUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade waterfoxUpgrade linux-thunderbird | Jul 11, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.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/browser/firefox 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 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 thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Jul 12, 2019 | Jul 10, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade thunderbird-debugsourceUpgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade firefox-debugsource | Jul 12, 2019 | Jul 11, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade libsoftokn3-hmacUpgrade libsoftokn3Upgrade firefox-glib2-toolsUpgrade mozilla-nss-32bitUpgrade MozillaFirefox-branding-SLEDUpgrade firefox-gdk-pixbuf-langUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade mozilla-nss-certs-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nss-develUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade libfirefox-glib-2_0-0Upgrade libfreebl3-32bitUpgrade libfirefox-gmodule-2_0-0Upgrade firefox-gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailerUpgrade mozilla-nss-certsUpgrade libfreebl3Upgrade firefox-libgtk-3-0Upgrade firefox-libffi7Upgrade mozillafirefox-buildsymbolsUpgrade libfirefox-gio-2_0-0Upgrade firefox-gtk3-branding-upstreamUpgrade firefox-libpango-1_0-0Upgrade firefox-atk-langUpgrade libfreebl3-hmac-32bitUpgrade firefox-gtk3-toolsUpgrade firefox-libgdk_pixbuf-2_0-0Upgrade mozilla-nssUpgrade firefox-libcairo2Upgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-ximUpgrade libfirefox-gthread-2_0-0Upgrade libsoftokn3-32bitUpgrade libfreebl3-hmacUpgrade firefox-libffi4Upgrade mozilla-nss-toolsUpgrade mozilla-nss-sysinitUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbolsUpgrade mozilla-nspr-develUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-thaiUpgrade firefox-libatk-1_0-0Upgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-vietnameseUpgrade firefox-libcairo-gobject2Upgrade firefox-gio-branding-upstreamUpgrade firefox-glib2-langUpgrade mozillafirefox-branding-sleUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodules-tigrignaUpgrade firefox-gtk3-langUpgrade firefox-libharfbuzz0Upgrade mozillafirefox-branding-upstreamUpgrade mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bitUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-multipressUpgrade firefox-gtk3-dataUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-inuktitutUpgrade libsoftokn3-hmac-32bitUpgrade libfirefox-gobject-2_0-0Upgrade MozillaThunderbirdUpgrade firefox-gdk-pixbuf-query-loadersUpgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade mozilla-nspr-32bitUpgrade firefox-gtk3-immodule-amharicUpgrade mozilla-nspr | Jul 18, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Jul 13, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 |
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