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GHSA-23VM-FC59-7QJV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:05 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:05

Details

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-08 21:29 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:24

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

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Heap address disclosure in parent process during content process initialization on Windows

Assigner

mozilla CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 38/100 over 546 records in the last 180 days details

References

7 references

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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1599008	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/18	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155912/Slack…	x_refsource_MISC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Affected: before 68.4
Mozilla	Firefox	Affected: before 72

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