Bug 1712625 (CVE-2019-9816) - CVE-2019-9816 Mozilla: Type confusion with object groups and UnboxedObjects
Summary: CVE-2019-9816 Mozilla: Type confusion with object groups and UnboxedObjects
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-9816
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: Engineering1709218 Engineering1709219 Engineering1709220 Engineering1709221 Engineering1709222
Blocks: Embargoed1709216 Embargoed1714079
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-05-22 01:46 UTC by Doran Moppert
Modified: 2021-02-26 06:19 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: No Doc Update
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2019-05-27 05:14:29 UTC

Attachments (Terms of Use)


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:1265 0 None None None 2019-05-23 15:32:42 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:1267 0 None None None 2019-05-23 15:48:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:1269 0 None None None 2019-05-23 16:07:38 UTC

Description Doran Moppert 2019-05-22 01:46:42 UTC 
A possible vulnerability exists where type confusion can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects in object groups, allowing for the bypassing of security checks within these groups. 

*Note: this vulnerability has only been demonstrated with `UnboxedObjects`, which are disabled by default on all supported releases.*



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-14/#CVE-2019-9816
Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2019-05-22 01:46:45 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Samuel Groß (Google Project Zero)
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2019-05-23 15:32:41 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:1265 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1265
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2019-05-23 15:48:27 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2019:1267 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1267
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2019-05-23 16:07:37 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2019:1269 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1269
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.