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CVE-2019-9818

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% 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-362

Description

A race condition is present in the crash generation server used to generate data for the crash reporter. This issue can lead to a use-after-free in the main process, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash and a sandbox escape. *Note: this vulnerability only affects Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7, Firefox < 67, and Firefox ESR < 60.7.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: before 67.0 — fixed in 67.0
• Mozilla Firefox ESR: before 60.7 — fixed in 60.7
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 60.7 — fixed in 60.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 67.0; Mozilla Firefox ESR 60.7; Mozilla Thunderbird 60.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1542581
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-14/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-15/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1542581
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-14/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-15/

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