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

V3 Legend

Vector :

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

V2 Legend

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	Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.html	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.html	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.html	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise:12:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::*

Information

Published : 2019-07-23 07:15

Updated : 2023-02-28 06:38

NVD link : CVE-2019-11717

Mitre link : CVE-2019-11717

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CWE

CWE-116

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox_esr
thunderbird
firefox

opensuse

leap

debian

debian_linux

novell

suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise

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5.3 /10

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

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

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