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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-9821

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in AssertWorkerThread due to a race condition with shared workers.

HIGH 8.1EPSS 0.85%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.85%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur in AssertWorkerThread due to a race condition with shared workers. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 67.

CVSS 3.0
8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.85% probability · 56th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-362, CWE-416
Affected
mozilla/firefox
Source
security@mozilla.org

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