CVE-2019-11708

Publication date 21 June 2019

Last updated 21 August 2024

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

10.0 · Critical

Score breakdown

Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed parent process opening web content chosen by a compromised child process. When combined with additional vulnerabilities this could result in executing arbitrary code on the user's computer. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.7.2, Firefox < 67.0.4, and Thunderbird < 60.7.2.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 19.04 disco
Fixed 67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
thunderbird 19.04 disco
Fixed 1:60.7.2+build2-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 1:60.7.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:60.7.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:60.7.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

scripting is disabled in thunderbird

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 10.0 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H