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CVE-2019-11751: mozilla firefox Argument Injection

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-11751
Published 27-09-2019Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-11751 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Argument Injection vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.06%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 7
MGASA-2019-0268OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2251-1OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2260-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1

Timeline

  1. 27-09-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Logging-related command line parameters are not properly sanitized when Firefox is launched by another program, such as when a user clicks on malicious links in a chat application. This can be used to write a log file to an arbitrary location such as the Windows 'Startup' folder. <br>*Note: this issue only affects Firefox on Windows operating systems.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69 and Firefox ESR < 68.1.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

64%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.06% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.06%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mozilla2 products
Ubuntu2 products
  • mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
  • mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 4 products

References

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