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CVE-2019-11748: WebRTC in Firefox will honor persisted permissions given to sites for access to microphone and camera resources even when in a third-party c

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 63.5% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: firefox-esr (Debian:12) 68.1.0esr-1; firefox (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream) 0:68.1.0-1.el8_0; firefox-debuginfo (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream) 0:68.1.0-1.el8_0.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to firefox-esr (Debian:12) 68.1.0esr-1; firefox (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream) 0:68.1.0-1.el8_0; firefox-debuginfo (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream) 0:68.1.0-1.el8_0 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 · FIRST EPSS

WebRTC in Firefox will honor persisted permissions given to sites for access to microphone and camera resources even when in a third-party context. In light of recent high profile vulnerabilities in other software, a decision was made to no longer persist these permissions. This avoids the possibility of trusted WebRTC resources being invisibly embedded in web content and abusing permissions previously given by users. Users will now be prompted for permissions on each use. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69 and Firefox ESR < 68.1.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 27, 2019
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.0% · 63th percentile

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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.0%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
mozillafirefox
mozillafirefox esr

Affected versions

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

  • mozilla firefoxbefore 69.0
  • mozilla firefox esrbefore 68.1.0

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 69affected

  • Mozilla Firefox ESR

    • unspecified and later · before 68.1affected

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12firefox-esrbefore 68.1.0esr-168.1.0esr-1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfirefoxbefore 0:68.1.0-1.el8_00:68.1.0-1.el8_0
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:68.1.0-1.el8_00:68.1.0-1.el8_0
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamfirefox-debugsourcebefore 0:68.1.0-1.el8_00:68.1.0-1.el8_0

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-2019-11708Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxeKEV
    87Now
  • 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

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2019-11746Sep 27, 2019 · A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while manipulating video elements if the body is freed while still in use.
    36Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2019-11747Sep 27, 2019 · The "Forget about this site" feature in the History pane is intended to remove all saved user data that indicates a user has visited a site.
    26Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2019-11749Sep 27, 2019 · A vulnerability exists in WebRTC where malicious web content can use probing techniques on the getUserMedia API using constraints to reveal
    17Monitor

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
debian:firefox-esr68.1.0esr-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox0:68.1.0-1.el8_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox-debuginfo0:68.1.0-1.el8_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox-debugsource0:68.1.0-1.el8_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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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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Credits

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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.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-281 · Improper Preservation of Permissions

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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