Bug 1788725 (CVE-2019-17021)

Summary: CVE-2019-17021 Mozilla: Heap address disclosure in parent process during content process initialization on Windows
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
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Description Doran Moppert 2020-01-07 22:37:24 UTC
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.*



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-02/#CVE-2019-17021

Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2020-01-07 22:37:27 UTC
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Thomas Imbert