UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11696

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11696

    Published: 21 May 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-11696
    Aliases:
    USN-3991-1

    Summary:

    Details: Files with the .JNLP extension used for "Java web start" applications are not treated as executable content for download prompts even though they can be executed if Java is installed on the local system. This could allow users to mistakenly launch an executable binary locally. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 67.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11696, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/#CVE-2019-11696, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3991-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11696

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

    Affected versions

    41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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