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CVE-2019-9795

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-04-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-617

Description

A vulnerability where type-confusion in the IonMonkey just-in-time (JIT) compiler could potentially be used by malicious JavaScript to trigger a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.6, Firefox ESR < 60.6, and Firefox < 66.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: before 66.0 — fixed in 66.0
• Mozilla Firefox ESR: before 60.6 — fixed in 60.6
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 60.6 — fixed in 60.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 66.0; Mozilla Firefox ESR 60.6; Mozilla Thunderbird 60.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0966
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1514682
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0966
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1514682
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/

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