CVE-2019-11756

Publication date 4 December 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Improper refcounting of soft token session objects could cause a use-after-free and crash (likely limited to a denial of service). This vulnerability affects Firefox < 71.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mozjs38 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs52 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
firefox 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 71.0+build5-0ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 71.0+build5-0ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 71.0+build5-0ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 71.0+build5-0ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 71.0+build5-0ubuntu1
21.10 impish
Fixed 71.0+build5-0ubuntu1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 71.0+build5-0ubuntu1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 71.0+build5-0ubuntu1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 71.0+build5-0ubuntu1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 71.0+build5-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
19.04 disco
Fixed 71.0+build5-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 71.0+build5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 71.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs60 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

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mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4216-2
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 13 December 2019
    • USN-4216-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 9 December 2019

Other references