Vulnerability CVE-2019-11720: Information

Description

Some unicode characters are incorrectly treated as whitespace during the parsing of web content instead of triggering parsing errors. This allows malicious code to then be processed, evading cross-site scripting (XSS) filtering. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 68.

Severity: MEDIUM (6.1) Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Published: July 23, 2019
Modified: March 2, 2023
Error type identifier: CWE-79

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Hyperlink
Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/
  • Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1556230
  • Issue Tracking
  • Permissions Required
  • Vendor Advisory
GLSA-201908-12
  • Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2019:2249
  • Mailing List
  • Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2019:2248
  • Mailing List
  • Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2019:2251
  • Mailing List
  • Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2019:2260
  • Mailing List
  • Third Party Advisory
    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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      68.0

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*