Vulnerability

CVE-2019-11707

High· 8.8KEVEXPLOITCVSS8.8EPSS84%

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Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird contain a type confusion vulnerability that can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop, allowing for an exploitable crash.

Threat signal

100/100

Severe

Severity

high

CVSS

8.8

EPSS

84%

Active

KEV

CISA KEV — actively exploited

1461d overdue

AffectedMozilla — Firefox and Thunderbird

Added to KEV

2022-05-23

Federal patch due (BOD 22-01)

2022-06-13

Required action (CISA verbatim)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vendor advisory + references

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11707

CISA description: “Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird contain a type confusion vulnerability that can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop, allowing for an exploitable crash.”

CVSS

v3.1Open in FIRST calculator →

8.8/ 10HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNetworkExploitable remotely over the internet — no local access needed.
Attack ComplexityLowNo special conditions — exploit works reliably.
Privileges RequiredNoneUnauthenticated — no credentials needed.
User InteractionRequiredRequires user action (click, file open, etc).
ScopeUnchangedImpact contained to the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality ImpactHighTotal disclosure of sensitive data.
Integrity ImpactHighTotal compromise of integrity — full data modification possible.
Availability ImpactHighTotal loss of availability — full DoS possible.

EPSS

Exploit prediction · 30-day horizonFIRST.org →

84.3%

probability of exploitation in next 30 days

p99

higher than 99% of all CVEs

3-day trend↑ 0pp

Statistically about to be weaponized — top-tier triage urgency.

Vendor VEX

No VEX statements published for CVE-2019-11707. Vendors publish VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) to assert per-product whether a CVE is actually exploitable in their distribution.

SSVCAct

Active exploitation with total impact on essential/support systems

exploitation: active
automatable: yes
impact: total
mission: support

Lifecycle

2019-07-18Vendor advisory · amazon-linuxALAS2-2019-1250 — ALAS2-2019-1250 (critical): thunderbird
2022-05-23Added to CISA KEVransomware: Unknown
2022-05-23Public exploit observedexploitdb
2022-05-23Published
2022-06-13Federal patch due (BOD 22-01)
2026-06-12Last modified1 source

Entity graph

2 nodes · 1 edges · click to pivot

CVEActorVendor advisoryIOCNews

Vendor advisories

amazon-linuxALAS2-2019-1250ALAS2-2019-1250 (critical): thunderbird

No source-event history recorded yet. New revisions will appear here as ingestors re-fetch this CVE.