Description
A mechanism was discovered that removes some bounds checking for string, array, or typed array accesses if Spectre mitigations have been disabled. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to create an arbitrary value in compiled JavaScript, for which the range analysis will infer a fully controlled, incorrect range in circumstances where users have explicitly disabled Spectre mitigations. *Note: Spectre mitigations are currently enabled for all users by default settings.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.6, Firefox ESR < 60.6, and Firefox < 66.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Mozilla Thunderbird
unspecified to < 60.6affected
Mozilla Firefox ESR
unspecified to < 60.6affected
Mozilla Firefox
unspecified to < 66affected
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/ ↗
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/ ↗
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/ ↗
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1528829 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0966 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144 ↗