CVE-2019-17005

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-17005
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-08 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-08 14:31:00 UTC
DescriptionThe plain text serializer used a fixed-size array for the number of <ol> elements it could process; however it was possible to overflow the static-sized array leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-10) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-02) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in - Firefox 71 — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in - Thunderbird 68.3 — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0003-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0002-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
USN-4335-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in - Firefox ESR 68.3 — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
1584170 - (CVE-2019-17005) Access heap-allocated array with index out of bounds in `nsPlainTextSerializer` MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org Permissions Required
USN-4241-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

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