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MFSA2019-14 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 60.7 (CVE-2019-9818)

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MFSA2019-14 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 60.7 (CVE-2019-9818)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/21/2019
Created
05/23/2019
Added
05/22/2019
Modified
03/05/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-60_7

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