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high 8.8

CVE-2019-17012 json

Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 70 and Firefox ESR 68.2.

published 2020-01-08 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-7486

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 70 and Firefox ESR 68.2. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 71.0
  • mozilla firefox_esr 68.3
  • mozilla thunderbird 68.3
  • firefox-esr Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 68.3.0esr-1
  • thunderbird Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:68.3.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17012

  • firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 71.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 71.0+build5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 71.0+build5-0ubuntu1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:68.3.0+build2-0ubuntu1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17012

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  • thunderbird RHEL 6 68.3.0-3.el6_10
  • thunderbird RHEL 8 68.3.0-2.el8_1
  • thunderbird RHEL 7 68.3.0-1.el7_7
  • firefox RHEL 8 68.3.0-1.el8_1
  • firefox RHEL 7 68.3.0-1.el7_7
  • firefox RHEL 6 68.3.0-1.el6_10
  • firefox RHEL 8.0 E4S 68.4.1-1.el8_0
  • thunderbird RHEL 8.0 E4S 68.4.1-2.el8_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:0295RHSA-2020:0292RHSA-2019:4205RHSA-2019:4195RHSA-2019:4148RHSA-2019:4111

  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +17 more 68.3.0-109.98.1
  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP1, SLE Workstation Extension 15 68.3.0-3.61.2
  • MozillaFirefox SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 68.3.0-3.62.2
  • mozilla-nss SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.47.1-38.12.1
  • mozilla-nspr SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 4.23-29.9.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 68.3.0-78.54.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:14260-1SUSE-SU-2019:3347-1SUSE-SU-2019:3339-1SUSE-SU-2019:3337-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 91.1.1-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Leap 15.1 68.3.0-lp151.2.19.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Leap 15.1 68.3.0-lp151.2.21.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0003-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0002-1

  • firefox-esr Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +10 more 68.3.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-17012

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  • firefox Arch Linux 71.0-1
  • thunderbird Arch Linux 68.3.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1071AVG-1072

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-17012 updated cvss 8.8

Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 71 and Firefox ESR 68.3

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox, thunderbird
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox 68.3.0-1.el8_1, thunderbird 68.3.0-2.el8_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4111
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) firefox 68.4.1-1.el8_0, thunderbird 68.4.1-2.el8_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0295
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 68.3.0-1.el7_7, thunderbird 68.3.0-1.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 68.3.0-1.el7_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4107
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 68.3.0-1.el6_10, thunderbird 68.3.0-3.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) firefox 68.3.0-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 68.3.0-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 68.3.0-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4108
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 68.3.0-1.el7_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4107
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) firefox 68.3.0-1.el6_10, thunderbird 68.3.0-3.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4108
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 68.3.0-1.el7_7, thunderbird 68.3.0-1.el7_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4107
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 68.3.0-1.el6_10, thunderbird 68.3.0-3.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4108
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 68.3.0-1.el7_7, thunderbird 68.3.0-1.el7_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4107
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) firefox 68.3.0-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4108
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 68.3.0-1.el7_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4107

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Exploit prediction

1.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Mozilla Thunderbird
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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