CVE-2019-9798 json
On Android systems, Firefox can load a library from APITRACE_LIB, which is writable by all users and applications.
published 2019-04-26 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-19160
- cvss
- 7.4
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.9%
- EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
On Android systems, Firefox can load a library from APITRACE_LIB, which is writable by all users and applications. This could allow malicious third party applications to execute a man-in-the-middle attack if a malicious code was written to that location and loaded. *Note: This issue only affects Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.
Patch / fix
- Mozilla Firefox 66
- firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
- MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1
Exploit prediction
0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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
-
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
References
-
mozilla.org
/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/
vendor-advisory
-
bugzilla.mozilla.org
/show_bug.cgi?id=1527534
issue-tracking, permissions-required, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2019-9798
- NVD CVE-2019-9798
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