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CVE-2019-11724 json

Application permissions give additional remote troubleshooting permission to the site input.mozilla.org, which has been retired and now red…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-3394

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Application permissions give additional remote troubleshooting permission to the site input.mozilla.org, which has been retired and now redirects to another site. This additional permission is unnecessary and is a potential vector for malicious attacks. 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-2019-11724

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

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-11724 updated cvss 5.8

Mozilla: Retired site input.mozilla.org has remote troubleshooting permissions

  • 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

1.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.mozilla.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1512511 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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