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FKIE_CVE-2019-11717

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-07-23 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:13
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
A vulnerability exists where the caret ("^") character is improperly escaped constructing some URIs due to it being used as a separator, allowing for possible spoofing of origin attributes. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548306Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-23/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548306Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-23/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
mozilla firefox *
mozilla thunderbird *
debian debian_linux 8.0
novell suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise 12
opensuse leap 15.0
opensuse leap 15.1
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T02:13:29.717",
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