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FirefoxWeb browser · Mozilla

CVE-2019-17000

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2020-01-08
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 70.0 or later.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
An object tag with a data URI did not correctly inherit the document's Content Security Policy. This allowed a CSP bypass in a cross-origin frame if the document's policy explicitly allowed data: URIs. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 70.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

In Firefox <70, an object tag loading a data URI did not correctly inherit the parent document's Content Security Policy. This allowed CSP bypass in cross-origin frames when the document's CSP explicitly permitted data: URIs, potentially enabling injection attacks.

MitigationUpgrade to Firefox 70 or later. For web applications, review CSP policies to avoid explicitly allowing data: URIs in cross-origin contexts where possible.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
FirefoxWeb browser
Affected:< 70.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Check installed Firefox version
    Navigate to Firefox menu > Help > About Firefox, or type 'about:support' in the address bar to view the version number
    Affected if Version displayed is below 70.0 (for example, 69.0.1, 68.0, etc.)
  2. Confirm version via command line
    Run 'firefox --version' in terminal or command prompt
    Affected if Output shows a version number less than 70.0
  3. Check CSP policy for data: URI permissions
    Review web application Content-Security-Policy headers for 'script-src', 'object-src', or default-src directives containing 'data:'
    Affected if CSP explicitly allows data: URIs in cross-origin iframe contexts

You are affected if running any Firefox version below 70.0, especially if web applications you use have CSP policies permitting data: URIs in cross-origin frame contexts.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to 70.0 or later
Fixed in 70.0
Interim mitigation

Upgrade to Firefox 70 or later. For web applications, review CSP policies to avoid explicitly allowing data: URIs in cross-origin contexts where possible.

Fix this in Firefox Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation1.0 h
  • Implementation1.0 h
  • Testing1.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
4.0 hours of engineering $750
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