CVE-2019-17021
During the initialization of a new content process, a race condition occurs that can allow a content process to disclose heap addresses from
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- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
During the initialization of a new content process, a race condition occurs that can allow a content process to disclose heap addresses from the parent process. Note: this issue only occurs on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4 and Firefox < 72.
Timeline
- CVE published
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Affected versions
- Mozilla Firefox ESR
before 68.4
- Mozilla Firefox
before 72