CVE-2019-17021 (GCVE-0-2019-17021)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-08 21:29 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:24
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Summary
During the initialization of a new content process, a race condition occurs that can allow a content process to disclose heap addresses from the parent process. *Note: this issue only occurs on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4 and Firefox < 72.
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CWE
  • Heap address disclosure in parent process during content process initialization on Windows
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