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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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Heap address disclosure in parent process during content process initialization on Windows
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: before 68.4
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