UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11717

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11717

    Published: 11 Jul 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-11717

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability exists where the caret ("^") character is improperly escaped constructing some URIs due to it being used as a separator, allowing for possible spoofing of origin attributes. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11717, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/#CVE-2019-11717, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/#CVE-2019-11717, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4054-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4064-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11717

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

    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