CVE-2019-9798

Summary

CVECVE-2019-9798
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-04-26 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionOn Android systems, Firefox can load a library from APITRACE_LIB, which is writable by all users and applications. This could allow malicious third party applications to execute a man-in-the-middle attack if a malicious code was written to that location and loaded. *Note: This issue only affects Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Google Android - All All All
Operating System Google Android - All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 66 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Access Denied MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 371855 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mozilla Multiple Vulnerabilities (05da6b56-3e66-4306-9ea3-89fafe939726)
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