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Status published
Medium
CVE-2019-11717
A vulnerability exists where the caret ("^") character is improperly...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-23/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548306
- 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/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.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/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
Firefox ESR, Firefox, Thunderbird
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 23rd, 2019
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.