CVE-2019-17013: mozilla firefox Use After Free
CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-17013
Published 08-01-2020Last modified 05-08-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-17013 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)EPSS score
0.98%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4Timeline
- 08-01-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 70. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 71.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versionsHigh 8.8Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSourcesAll 2 agree
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Medium 6.8Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PSourcesSingle source
EPSS trend
Probability
0.98%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
62%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.98% on 18-09-2026
18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score0.98%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteThe product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Affected systems
Ubuntu3 products
- firefox< 71.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 71.0+build5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 71.0+build5-0ubuntu1
- mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
- mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
Mozilla1 product
- firefox< 71 | < 71.0
2 vendors · 4 products