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CVE-2019-17008 — When using nested workers, a use-after-free could occur during worker destructio

When using nested workers, a use-after-free could occur during worker destruction. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.

CVSS
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EPSS
0.85% (top 25.30%)
CWE
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Published
2020-01-08T21:17:04.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T01:24:48.697Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

When using nested workers, a use-after-free could occur during worker destruction. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MozillaThunderbirdbefore 68.3
MozillaFirefox ESRbefore 68.3
MozillaFirefoxbefore 71

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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