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CVE-2019-11708: Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxe

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Now (action score 87/100)

  • CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (May 23, 2022). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Jun 13, 2022.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 55.8% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: mozjs60 (Alpine:v3.10) 60.7.2-r0; firefox-esr (Debian:12) 60.7.2esr-1; thunderbird (Debian:12) 1:60.7.2-1.

Patch today or shut off access. Upgrade to mozjs60 (Alpine:v3.10) 60.7.2-r0; firefox-esr (Debian:12) 60.7.2esr-1; thunderbird (Debian:12) 1:60.7.2-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed parent process opening web content chosen by a compromised child process. When combined with additional vulnerabilities this could result in executing arbitrary code on the user's computer. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.7.2, Firefox < 67.0.4, and Thunderbird < 60.7.2.

CriticalCVSS 10.0 · v3.1KEVWeaponized Fix available
Published
Jul 23, 2019
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
55.8% · 99th percentile

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Action score

87

Now

Patch today or shut off access.

CVSS
40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
CISA KEV
30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS
17 / 30 · 55.8%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 23, 2022. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Jun 13, 2022.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
mozillafirefox
mozillathunderbird

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • mozilla firefoxbefore 60.7.2
  • mozilla firefoxbefore 67.0.4
  • mozilla thunderbirdbefore 60.7.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mozilla). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Mozilla Firefox

    • unspecified and later · before 67.0.4affected

  • Mozilla Firefox ESR

    • unspecified and later · before 60.7.2affected

  • Mozilla Thunderbird

    • unspecified and later · before 60.7.2affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Alpine:v3.10mozjs60before 60.7.2-r060.7.2-r0
Debian:12firefox-esrbefore 60.7.2esr-160.7.2esr-1
Debian:12thunderbirdbefore 1:60.7.2-11:60.7.2-1
Debian:8thunderbirdbefore 1:60.7.2-1~deb8u11:60.7.2-1~deb8u1
Debian:9firefox-esrbefore 60.7.2esr-1~deb9u160.7.2esr-1~deb9u1
Debian:9thunderbirdbefore 1:60.7.2-1~deb9u11:60.7.2-1~deb9u1
openSUSE:Leap 15.0MozillaThunderbirdbefore 60.7.2-lp151.2.7.160.7.2-lp151.2.7.1
openSUSE:Leap 15.1MozillaFirefoxbefore 60.7.2-lp151.2.7.160.7.2-lp151.2.7.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientfirefoxbefore 0:60.7.2-1.el6_100:60.7.2-1.el6_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:60.7.2-1.el6_100:60.7.2-1.el6_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientthunderbirdbefore 0:60.7.2-2.el6_100:60.7.2-2.el6_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientthunderbird-debuginfobefore 0:60.7.2-2.el6_100:60.7.2-2.el6_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientfirefoxbefore 0:60.7.2-1.el7_60:60.7.2-1.el7_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:60.7.2-1.el7_60:60.7.2-1.el7_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientthunderbirdbefore 0:60.7.2-2.el7_60:60.7.2-2.el7_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientthunderbird-debuginfobefore 0:60.7.2-2.el7_60:60.7.2-2.el7_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfirefoxbefore 0:60.7.2-3.el8_00:60.7.2-3.el8_0
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:60.7.2-3.el8_00:60.7.2-3.el8_0
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfirefox-debugsourcebefore 0:60.7.2-3.el8_00:60.7.2-3.el8_0
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamthunderbirdbefore 0:60.7.2-2.el8_00:60.7.2-2.el8_0
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamthunderbird-debuginfobefore 0:60.7.2-2.el8_00:60.7.2-2.el8_0
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamthunderbird-debugsourcebefore 0:60.7.2-2.el8_00:60.7.2-2.el8_0
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15MozillaFirefoxbefore 60.7.2-3.48.160.7.2-3.48.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSSMozillaFirefoxbefore 60.8.0esr-78.43.260.8.0esr-78.43.2

+3

Same product

mozilla: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2010-3765Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before 3.1.6 and 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and SeaMonkey 2.x befKEV
    94Now
  • CVE-2015-4495The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to bypassKEV
    86Now
  • CVE-2013-1690Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 do not properKEV
    86Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2019-11702Jul 23, 2019 · A hyperlink using protocols associated with Internet Explorer, such as IE.HTTP:, can be used to open local files at a known location with In
    26Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2019-11707Jul 23, 2019 · A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop.KEV
    76This week
  • Later →CVE-2019-11709Jul 23, 2019 · Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 67 and Firefox ESR 60.7.
    40Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
alpine:mozjs6060.7.2-r0 · Alpine:v3.10Package registry (OSV)
debian:firefox-esr60.7.2esr-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
debian:thunderbird1:60.7.2-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:MozillaFirefox60.7.2-lp151.2.7.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.1Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:MozillaThunderbird60.7.2-lp151.2.7.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.0Package registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox0:60.7.2-1.el7_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox-debuginfo0:60.7.2-1.el7_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox-debugsource0:60.7.2-3.el8_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:thunderbird0:60.7.2-2.el8_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:thunderbird-debuginfo0:60.7.2-2.el8_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:thunderbird-debugsource0:60.7.2-2.el8_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
suse:MozillaFirefox60.8.0esr-78.43.2 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:MozillaThunderbird60.7.2-3.43.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:6262019-09-29
Exploit-DB entrylocal2019-12-07

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. First PoC+68 d
  3. CISA KEV+1035 d
  4. TodayOct 25, 2026+2652 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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