CVE-2019-11720

firefox: Some unicode characters are incorrectly treated as whitespace during the parsing of web content instead of triggering...

CVE-2019-11720 is fixed in 4 products on 1 platform, first by firefox 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, released July 10, 2019. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0109
65th percentile

Some unicode characters are incorrectly treated as whitespace during the parsing of web content instead of triggering parsing errors. This allows malicious code to then be processed, evading cross-site scripting (XSS) filtering. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 68.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jul 10, 2019
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jul 10, 2019
firefox-globalmenu · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-globalmenu 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jul 10, 2019
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jul 10, 2019

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