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CVE-2019-9815

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CVE-2019-9815

Published: Jul 23, 2019

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

Mozilla

Thunderbird

affected
unspecified - < 60.7

Mozilla

Firefox

affected
unspecified - < 67

Mozilla

Firefox ESR

affected
unspecified - < 60.7

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