CVE-2019-17003 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Scanning a QR code that contained a javascript: URL would have resulted in the Javascript being executed.

Published: 2023-02-16

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mozilla

Firefox for iOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	unknown	≤ 25
`next of 25`	unaffected	< unspecified

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_mobile:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-7478	Scanning a QR code that contained a javascript: URL would have resulted in the Javascript being executed.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00411.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-17003

History

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Mozilla firefox Mobile
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::iphone_os::*	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_mobile::::::iphone_os::*
Vendors & Products	Mozilla firefox	Mozilla firefox Mobile

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox Mobile

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2023-02-16T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-19T15:25:08.225Z

Reserved: 2019-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-17003

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:24:48.597Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-16T22:15:10.500

Modified: 2026-08-19T15:30:33.807

Link: CVE-2019-17003

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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