High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published May 31, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-12499
CVE-2019-12499
Description
Firejail before 0.9.60 allows truncation (resizing to length 0) of the firejail binary on the host by running exploit code inside a firejail sandbox and having the sandbox terminated. To succeed, certain conditions need to be fulfilled: The jail (with the exploit code inside) needs to be started as root, and it also needs to be terminated as root from the host (either by stopping it ungracefully (e.g., SIGKILL), or by using the --shutdown control command). This is similar to CVE-2019-5736.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:firejail_project:firejail:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:firejail_project:firejail:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*range: <0.9.60
- (no CPE)range: <0.9.60
- Firejail/firejaildescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/2401nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CDY7B73YDRBURA25APSHD5PFEO4TNSFW/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RGVULJ6IKVDO6UAVIQRHQVSKOUD6QDWM/nvd
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