Some unicode characters are incorrectly treated as whitespace during the parsing of web content instead of triggering parsing errors. This allows malicious code to then be processed, evading cross-site scripting (XSS) filtering. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 68.
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History
21 Nov 2024, 04:21
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1556230 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12 - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/ - Vendor Advisory |
Information
Published : 2019-07-23 14:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 04:21
NVD link : CVE-2019-11720
Mitre link : CVE-2019-11720
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-11720
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Products Affected
mozilla
- firefox
opensuse
- leap
CWE
CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')