CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-11692

Use After Free

Published: Jul 23, 2019 | Modified: Nov 25, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
9.8 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when listeners are removed from the event listener manager while still in use, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7, Firefox < 67, and Firefox ESR < 60.7.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla*60.7.0 (excluding)
FirefoxMozilla*67.0 (excluding)
ThunderbirdMozilla*60.7.0 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatfirefox-0:60.7.0-1.el6_10*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatthunderbird-0:60.7.0-1.el6_10*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatfirefox-0:60.7.0-1.el7_6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatthunderbird-0:60.7.0-1.el7_6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatfirefox-0:60.7.0-1.el8_0*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatthunderbird-0:60.7.0-1.el8_0*
FirefoxUbuntubionic*
FirefoxUbuntucosmic*
FirefoxUbuntudevel*
FirefoxUbuntudisco*
FirefoxUbuntueoan*
FirefoxUbuntufocal*
FirefoxUbuntugroovy*
FirefoxUbuntuhirsute*
FirefoxUbuntuimpish*
FirefoxUbuntujammy*
FirefoxUbuntukinetic*
FirefoxUbuntulunar*
FirefoxUbuntumantic*
FirefoxUbuntunoble*
FirefoxUbuntuupstream*
FirefoxUbuntuxenial*
Mozjs38Ubuntubionic*
Mozjs38Ubuntuesm-apps/bionic*
Mozjs38Ubuntuupstream*
Mozjs52Ubuntubionic*
Mozjs52Ubuntucosmic*
Mozjs52Ubuntudisco*
Mozjs52Ubuntueoan*
Mozjs52Ubuntuesm-apps/focal*
Mozjs52Ubuntuesm-infra/bionic*
Mozjs52Ubuntufocal*
Mozjs52Ubuntugroovy*
Mozjs52Ubuntuupstream*
Mozjs60Ubuntucosmic*
Mozjs60Ubuntudisco*
Mozjs60Ubuntueoan*
Mozjs60Ubuntuupstream*
ThunderbirdUbuntubionic*
ThunderbirdUbuntucosmic*
ThunderbirdUbuntudevel*
ThunderbirdUbuntudisco*
ThunderbirdUbuntueoan*
ThunderbirdUbuntufocal*
ThunderbirdUbuntugroovy*
ThunderbirdUbuntuhirsute*
ThunderbirdUbuntuimpish*
ThunderbirdUbuntujammy*
ThunderbirdUbuntukinetic*
ThunderbirdUbuntulunar*
ThunderbirdUbuntumantic*
ThunderbirdUbuntunoble*
ThunderbirdUbuntuupstream*
ThunderbirdUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References