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high 7.5

CVE-2019-11723 json

A vulnerability exists during the installation of add-ons where the initial fetch ignored the origin attributes of the browsing context.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-3393

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability exists during the installation of add-ons where the initial fetch ignored the origin attributes of the browsing context. This could leak cookies in private browsing mode or across different "containers" for people who use the Firefox Multi-Account Containers Web Extension. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 68.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 68
  • firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11723

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +18 more 68.1.0-109.89.1
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +16 more 68-32.8.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 68.1.0-3.54.2
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 68-4.8.5
  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP1, SLE Workstation Extension 15 68.1.1-3.51.1
  • firefox-atk SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 2.26.1-2.8.4
  • mozilla-nss SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.45-38.9.3
  • firefox-gtk3 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.10.9-2.15.3

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1SUSE-SU-2019:2620-1SUSE-SU-2019:2545-1SUSE-SU-2019:2515-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Leap 15.0 68.1.0-lp150.3.66.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Leap 15.1 68.1.0-lp151.2.14.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Leap 15.1 68.1.1-lp151.2.13.1
  • enigmail openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.1.2-lp151.2.6.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Leap 15.0 68.1.1-lp150.3.51.1
  • enigmail openSUSE Leap 15.0 2.1.2-lp150.34.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2260-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2251-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2249-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2248-1

  • firefox Arch Linux 68.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1002

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-11723 updated cvss 7.5

Mozilla: Cookie leakage during add-on fetching across private browsing boundaries

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 firefox
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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Exploit prediction

0.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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