CVE-2019-11763

Mozilla: Incorrect HTML parsing results in XSS bypass technique

Published Jan 8, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Failure to correctly handle null bytes when processing HTML entities resulted in Firefox incorrectly parsing these entities. This could have led to HTML comment text being treated as HTML which could have led to XSS in a web application under certain conditions. It could have also led to HTML entities being masked from filters - enabling the use of entities to mask the actual characters of interest from filters. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 70, Thunderbird < 68.2, and Firefox ESR < 68.2.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1987-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1997-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4549-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4571-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-3433 Failure to correctly handle null bytes when processing HTML entities resulted in Firefox incorrectly parsing these entities. This could have led to HTML comment text being treated as HTML which could have led to XSS in a web application under certain conditions. It could have also led to HTML entities being masked from filters - enabling the use of entities to mask the actual characters of interest from filters. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 70, Thunderbird < 68.2, and Firefox ESR < 68.2.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4165-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4202-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4335-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 11:03 PM
Reserved
May 3, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 8, 2020, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:13 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 22, 2019, 12:00 AM