CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-17019

Published: Jan 08, 2020 | Modified: Jul 21, 2021
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

When Python was installed on Windows, a python file being served with the MIME type of text/plain could be executed by Python instead of being opened as a text file when the Open option was selected upon download. Note: this issue only occurs on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 72.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firefox Mozilla * 72.0 (excluding)
Firefox Ubuntu trusty *
Firefox Ubuntu upstream *
Mozjs38 Ubuntu bionic *
Mozjs38 Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Mozjs38 Ubuntu upstream *
Mozjs52 Ubuntu bionic *
Mozjs52 Ubuntu disco *
Mozjs52 Ubuntu eoan *
Mozjs52 Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Mozjs52 Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Mozjs52 Ubuntu focal *
Mozjs52 Ubuntu groovy *
Mozjs52 Ubuntu upstream *
Mozjs60 Ubuntu disco *
Mozjs60 Ubuntu eoan *
Mozjs60 Ubuntu upstream *
Thunderbird Ubuntu trusty *

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