# CVE-2019-9794: A vulnerability was discovered where specific command line arguments are not properly discarded during Firefox invocation as a shell handler

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 60.6, 66
- Published: 2019-04-26 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Mozilla Thunderbird: fixed in 60.6
- Mozilla Firefox ESR: fixed in 60.6
- Mozilla Firefox: fixed in 66

## Description

A vulnerability was discovered where specific command line arguments are not properly discarded during Firefox invocation as a shell handler for URLs. This could be used to retrieve and execute files whose location is supplied through these command line arguments if Firefox is configured as the default URI handler for a given URI scheme in third party applications and these applications insufficiently sanitize URL data. *Note: This issue only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.6, Firefox ESR < 60.6, and Firefox < 66.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Firefox ESR, Mozilla Firefox, upgrade to a fixed version (60.6, 66) per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1530103

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