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TI-2019-08788 Aliases CVE-2019-11729GHSA-x7fr-mw8m-fh4w

Memory corruption in Mozilla Firefox ESR

Priority LOW 38CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 10 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Empty or malformed p256-ECDH public keys may trigger a segmentation fault due values being improperly sanitized before being copied into memory and used. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02794 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Firefox ESR (Mozilla): 60.8Firefox (Mozilla): 68+1 more productRed Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 10 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MozillaFirefox ESRbefore 60.860.8Patch availableCNA
MozillaFirefoxbefore 6868Patch availableCNA
MozillaThunderbirdbefore 60.860.8Patch availableCNA
  • Firefox ESR VendorMozilla Affected before 60.8 Fixed in 60.8 Patch available CNA
  • Firefox VendorMozilla Affected before 68 Fixed in 68 Patch available CNA
  • Thunderbird VendorMozilla Affected before 60.8 Fixed in 60.8 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 60.8.0; before 68.0VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 60.8.0VulnerableMozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 60.8.0; before 68.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 60.8.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Firefox ESR (Mozilla) Fixed in 60.8
  • Fix · CNA Firefox (Mozilla) Fixed in 68
  • Fix · CNA Thunderbird (Mozilla) Fixed in 60.8

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2019:4190 Released 2019-12-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    nss, nss-softokn, nss-util security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) nss-3.44.0-7.el7_7, nss-softokn-3.44.0-8.el7_7, nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-8.el7_7 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) nss-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7, nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7, nss-softokn-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7 +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) nss-3.44.0-7.el7_7, nss-softokn-3.44.0-8.el7_7, nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-8.el7_7 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) nss-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7, nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7, nss-softokn-devel-3.44.0-8.el7_7 +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) nss-3.44.0-7.el7_7, nss-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc, nss-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7 +15
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7, nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7.ppc
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) nss-3.44.0-7.el7_7, nss-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7, nss-softokn-3.44.0-8.el7_7 +7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) nss-pkcs11-devel-3.44.0-7.el7_7
  • RHSA-2019:1951 Released 2019-07-30 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    nss and nspr security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nspr-4.21.0-2.el8_0, nspr-devel-4.21.0-2.el8_0, nss-3.44.0-7.el8_0 +9

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird — GLSA-201908-12

    23 records Highest priority Priority CRITICAL 2 CRITICAL, 8 MEDIUM, 13 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority CRITICAL 100
    • TI-2019-08768 Type confusion in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority CRITICAL 97
    • TI-2019-08789 A vulnerability exists where if a user opens a locally saved HTML file, this file can use…Priority MEDIUM 48
    Show all 23 records → Advisory →
  • Advisory ·

    Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird — GLSA-201908-20

    14 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 10 MEDIUM, 4 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-08765 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla ThunderbirdPriority MEDIUM 55
    • TI-2019-08764 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla ThunderbirdPriority MEDIUM 55
    • TI-2019-08766 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla ThunderbirdPriority MEDIUM 54
    Show all 14 records → Advisory →
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  • Advisory ·

    Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird — openSUSE-SU-2019:1811

    10 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 6 MEDIUM, 4 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-08789 A vulnerability exists where if a user opens a locally saved HTML file, this file can use…Priority MEDIUM 48
    • TI-2019-08770 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 47
    • TI-2019-08774 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 46
    Show all 10 records → Advisory →
  • Advisory ·

    Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird — openSUSE-SU-2019:1813

    10 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 6 MEDIUM, 4 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-08789 A vulnerability exists where if a user opens a locally saved HTML file, this file can use…Priority MEDIUM 48
    • TI-2019-08770 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 47
    • TI-2019-08774 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 46
    Show all 10 records → Advisory →
  • Advisory ·

    Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird — openSUSE-SU-2019:1990

    10 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 6 MEDIUM, 4 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-08789 A vulnerability exists where if a user opens a locally saved HTML file, this file can use…Priority MEDIUM 48
    • TI-2019-08770 Out-of-bounds write in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 47
    • TI-2019-08774 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority MEDIUM 46
    Show all 10 records → Advisory →
  • Advisory ·

    Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird — RHSA-2019:1951

    3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-08780 Out-of-bounds read in Mozilla Firefox ESRPriority LOW 37
    • TI-2019-08786 Improper certificate validation in Mozilla FirefoxPriority LOW 28
    Show all 3 records → Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed—
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2019:1951
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4190
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4190
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4190
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4190
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4190
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4190
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4190
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:4190
Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-11729
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x7fr-mw8m-fh4w

References

Advisory 13

Other 1

  • TI-2024-08981 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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