Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Jul 23, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-11720
CVE-2019-11720
Description
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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Affected products
72unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: <68
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <68.0
- osv-coords67 versionspkg:rpm/suse/firefox-gdk-pixbuf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/firefox-libffi-gcc5&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/enigmail&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/firefox-glib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/firefox-gtk3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/firefox-harfbuzz&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/firefox-pango&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/firefox-cairo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/firefox-libffi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/firefox-atk&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/enigmail&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0
< 2.36.11-2.8.4+ 66 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.36.11-2.8.4
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.1+r233831-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.1-lp150.3.51.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.2-lp150.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-lp151.2.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.1-3.51.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-4.8.5
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.2.0-78.51.4
- (no CPE)range: < 68-21.9.8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.54.3-2.14.7
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.9-2.15.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.5-2.7.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1.40.14-2.7.4
- (no CPE)range: < 3.45-38.9.3
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.15.10-2.13.4
- (no CPE)range: < 4.21-29.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-4.8.5
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.1-3.51.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.1.git259-2.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26.1-2.8.4
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-3.54.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-3.54.2
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-109.89.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68-32.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.1-lp151.2.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.2-lp151.2.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 68.1.0-lp150.3.66.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/nvdVendor Advisory
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