CVE-2019-9815
What it is
If hyperthreading is not disabled, a timing attack vulnerability exists, similar to previous Spectre attacks. Apple has shipped macOS 10.14.5 with an option to disable hyperthreading in applications running untrusted code in a thread through a new sysctl. Firefox now makes use of it on the main thread and any worker threads. *Note: users need to update to macOS 10.14.5 in order to take advantage of this change.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7, Firefox < 67, and Firefox ESR < 60.7.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.8% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 8.1 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.8% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-203
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Mozilla Firefox < 67.0
- Mozilla Firefox Esr < 60.7
- Mozilla Thunderbird < 60.7
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 8.1
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-14/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-15/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-14/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-15/
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546544
- https://mdsattacks.com/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-14/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-15/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1546544
- https://mdsattacks.com/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-14/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-15/