CVE-2019-17026

Mozilla Firefox And Thunderbird Type Confusion Vulnerability

CVE-2019-17026 is fixed in 10 products on 2 platforms, first by firefox 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, released January 8, 2020. It is being exploited: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021. Patch Radar priority: Patch now.

Patch nowCISA KEVFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
8.8
Critical
Exploitation
Exploited
Reported by the vendor
CISA KEV
Nov 3, 2021
Federal due date May 3, 2022
EPSS
0.4631
98th percentile

Incorrect alias information in IonMonkey JIT compiler for setting array elements could lead to a type confusion. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4.1, Thunderbird < 68.4.1, and Firefox < 72.0.1.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 78.0esr Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 78.0esr Jun 25, 2020
Linux
firefox · RHEL 8 0:68.4.1-1.el8_1 RHSA-2020:0111 Jan 14, 2020
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 8, 2020
firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 firefox 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 8, 2020
firefox · ol 8 0:68.4.1-1.0.1.el8_1 ELSA-2020-0111 Jan 15, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 8, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 firefox-geckodriver 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 8, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 8, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 firefox-mozsymbols 72.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 8, 2020
thunderbird · RHEL 8 0:68.4.1-2.el8_1 RHSA-2020:0127 Jan 16, 2020
thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 8, 2020
thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu1 thunderbird 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 8, 2020
thunderbird · ol 8 0:68.4.1-2.0.1.el8_1 ELSA-2020-0127 Jan 18, 2020
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 8, 2020
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 8, 2020
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 8, 2020
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 8, 2020
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 8, 2020
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 8, 2020
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 8, 2020
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 8, 2020
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jan 8, 2020
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu1 xul-ext-lightning 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu1 Jan 8, 2020

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