CVE-2019-11717

A vulnerability exists where the caret ("^") character is improperly escaped constructing some URIs due to it being used as a separator, allowing for possible spoofing of origin attributes. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.

CVSS v3.0 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-23/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548306	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::

Information

Published : 2019-07-23 14:15

Updated : 2020-08-24 17:37

NVD link : CVE-2019-11717

Mitre link : CVE-2019-11717

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox_esr
thunderbird
firefox

CWE

CWE-116

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

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