CVE-2019-17021

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

During the initialization of a new content process, a race condition occurs that can allow a content process to disclose heap addresses from the parent process. *Note: this issue only occurs on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4 and Firefox < 72.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 8, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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