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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-9805 json

A latent vulnerability exists in the Prio library where data may be read from uninitialized memory for some functions, leading to potential…

published 2019-04-26 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-19167

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A latent vulnerability exists in the Prio library where data may be read from uninitialized memory for some functions, leading to potential memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 66
  • firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 66.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 66.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  • firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 66.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9805

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

  • firefox Arch Linux 66.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-925

Exploit prediction

1.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource

References

Sources

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