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    CVE-2019-11708

    Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed parent process opening web content chosen by a compromised child process. When combined with additional vulnerabilities this could result in executing arbitrary code on the user's computer. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.7.2, Firefox < 67.0.4, and Thunderbird < 60.7.2.

    Published:Jun 20, 2019
    Last Modified:Oct 27, 2025
    EPS:Jul 23, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.70278
    CVSS Score:10

    CISA Notification

    Description

    Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed parent process opening web content chosen by a compromised child process. When combined with additional vulnerabilities this could result in executing arbitrary code on the user's computer. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.7.2, Firefox < 67.0.4, and Thunderbird < 60.7.2.

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    Jun 13, 2022
    1551 days ago
    Alert Date
    May 23, 2022
    1572 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Thunderbird
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

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