CVE-2020-12422Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
OSV6.5
EPSS
0.6%
top 30.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 9
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In non-standard configurations, a JPEG image created by JavaScript could have caused an internal variable to overflow, resulting in an out of bounds write, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified78
NVDmozilla/firefox< 78.0
Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+2
Ubuntumozilla/thunderbird< 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+1
NVDopensuse/leap15.1, 15.2+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-7vm3-8xjm-5j9p: In non-standard configurations, a JPEG image created by JavaScript could have caused an internal variable to overflow, resulting in an out of bounds w2022-05-24
CVEList
CVE-2020-12422: In non-standard configurations, a JPEG image created by JavaScript could have caused an internal variable to overflow, resulting in an out of bounds w2020-07-09
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities2020-07-02
OSV
CVE-2020-12422: In non-standard configurations, a JPEG image created by JavaScript could have caused an internal variable to overflow, resulting in an out of bounds w2020-07-01

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2020-07-02
Red Hat
Mozilla: Integer overflow in nsJPEGEncoder::emptyOutputBuffer2020-06-30
Debian
CVE-2020-12422: firefox - In non-standard configurations, a JPEG image created by JavaScript could have ca...2020
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-24: CVE-2020-12422
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-29: CVE-2020-12422

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-12422 Mozilla: Integer overflow in nsJPEGEncoder::emptyOutputBuffer2020-08-26
CVE-2020-12422 — Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox | cvebase