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CVE-2019-11759 — An attacker could have caused 4 bytes of HMAC output to be written past the end

An attacker could have caused 4 bytes of HMAC output to be written past the end of a buffer stored on the stack. This could be used by an attacker to execute arbitrary code or more likely lead to a crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 70, Thunderbird < 68.2, and Fire

CVSS
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EPSS
2.51% (top 14.80%)
CWE
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Published
2020-01-08T19:48:07.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T23:03:32.865Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

An attacker could have caused 4 bytes of HMAC output to be written past the end of a buffer stored on the stack. This could be used by an attacker to execute arbitrary code or more likely lead to a crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 70, Thunderbird < 68.2, and Firefox ESR < 68.2.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MozillaFirefoxbefore 70
MozillaThunderbirdbefore 68.2
MozillaFirefox ESRbefore 68.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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