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CVE-2019-11708: Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2019-11708
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird contain a sandbox escape vulnerability that could result in remote code execution.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Mozillaproduct: FirefoxRemote code execution
What
Mozilla Firefox contains a sandbox escape vulnerability that could result in remote code execution.
Who is affected
Deployments of Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Update to the latest version of Firefox and Thunderbird.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-05-23
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11708

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2019-11708coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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