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Red Hat: CVE-2019-11693: CVE-2019-11693 Mozilla: Buffer overflow in WebGL bufferdata on Linux (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-11693: CVE-2019-11693 Mozilla: Buffer overflow in WebGL bufferdata on Linux (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/23/2019
Created
05/25/2019
Added
05/24/2019
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

The bufferdata function in WebGL is vulnerable to a buffer overflow with specific graphics drivers on Linux. This could result in malicious content freezing a tab or triggering a potentially exploitable crash. *Note: this issue only occurs on Linux. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7, Firefox < 67, and Firefox ESR < 60.7.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-firefox
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource

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