CVE-2019-11713

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-07-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in HTTP/2 when a cached HTTP/2 stream is closed while still in use, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: before 60.8.0; before 68.0 — fixed in 60.8.0, 68.0
Mozilla Thunderbird: before 60.8.0 — fixed in 60.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 60.8.0, 68.0; Mozilla Thunderbird 60.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1528481
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/

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