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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-9809

These messages cannot be immediately dismissed, allowing for a denial of service (DOS) attack.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.64%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

If the source for resources on a page is through an FTP connection, it is possible to trigger a series of modal alert messages for these resources through invalid credentials or locations. These messages cannot be immediately dismissed, allowing for a denial of service (DOS) attack. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.64% probability · 75th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
mozilla/firefox
Source
security@mozilla.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.