Bug 1788725 (CVE-2019-17021) - CVE-2019-17021 Mozilla: Heap address disclosure in parent process during content process initialization on Windows
Summary: CVE-2019-17021 Mozilla: Heap address disclosure in parent process during cont...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2019-17021
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1787590
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Reported: 2020-01-07 22:37 UTC by Doran Moppert
Modified: 2021-02-16 20:48 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: firefox 68.4, thunderbird 68.4.1
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Last Closed: 2020-01-07 22:42:10 UTC
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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.*



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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
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