CVE-2019-11750 Memory corruption in Firefox
A type confusion flaw in SpiderMonkey causes a non-exploitable crash in Firefox, requiring an upgrade to prevent denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-11750?
CVE-2019-11750 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 27 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A type confusion vulnerability exists in Spidermonkey, which results in a non-exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69 and Firefox ESR < 68.1.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11750?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox Esr.
How do I fix CVE-2019-11750?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2019-11750 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11750 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11750, GHSA-hxrv-jv26-w5f4, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11750.