CVE-2020-26968
published 2020-12-09CVE-2020-26968: Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 82 and Firefox ESR 78.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we…
PriorityP342high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.49%
70.9th percentile
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 82 and Firefox ESR 78.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
Affected
12 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | firefox | < firefox 83.0-1 (sid) | firefox 83.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | firefox-esr | < firefox 83.0-1 (sid) | firefox 83.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | thunderbird | < firefox 83.0-1 (sid) | firefox 83.0-1 (sid) |
| mozilla | firefox | < 83 | 83 |
| mozilla | firefox | < 83.0 | 83.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | < 78.5 | 78.5 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 78.5 | 78.5 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:78.5.0-1 | 1:78.5.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:78.5.0-1 | 1:78.5.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:78.5.0-1 | 1:78.5.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:78.5.0-1 | 1:78.5.0-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_debian8.8HIGH
vendor_redhat8.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-84gw-f25v-grqx: Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 82 and Firefox ESR 78
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-26968 [HIGH] CWE-787 GHSA-84gw-f25v-grqx: Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 82 and Firefox ESR 78
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 82 and Firefox ESR 78.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
OSV
CVE-2020-26968: Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 82 and Firefox ESR 78
osv·2020-12-09·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-26968 [HIGH] CVE-2020-26968: Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 82 and Firefox ESR 78
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 82 and Firefox ESR 78.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2020-11-25
CVE-2020-16012 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
obtain sensitive information across origins, bypass security restrictions,
conduct phishing attacks, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks,
bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) restrictions, conduct DNS rebinding
attacks, or execute arbitrary code.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make
all the necessary changes.
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2020-11-19
CVE-2020-26958 Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.
USN-4637-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive
information across origins, bypass security restrictions, conduct phishing
attacks, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, bypass Content
Security Policy (CSP) restrictions, conduct DNS rebinding attacks, or
execute arbitrary code.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2020-11-18
CVE-2020-26952 Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive
information across origins, bypass security restrictions, conduct phishing
attacks, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, bypass Content
Security Policy (CSP) restrictions, conduct DNS rebinding attacks, or
execute arbitrary code.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 83 and Firefox ESR 78.5
vendor_redhat·2020-11-17·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-26968 [HIGH] CWE-120 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 83 and Firefox ESR 78.5
Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 83 and Firefox ESR 78.5
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 82 and Firefox ESR 78.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Out of support scope
Debian
CVE-2020-26968: firefox - Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 82 and Firefox...
vendor_debian·2020·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-26968 [HIGH] CVE-2020-26968: firefox - Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 82 and Firefox...
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 82 and Firefox ESR 78.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 83.0-1)
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-51: CVE-2020-26968
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-26968 [HIGH] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-51: CVE-2020-26968
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-51
CVE: CVE-2020-26968
Product: Firefox ESR
Impact: high
Fixed in: Firefox ESR 78.5
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-50: CVE-2020-26968
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-26968 [HIGH] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-50: CVE-2020-26968
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-50
CVE: CVE-2020-26968
Product: Firefox
Impact: high
Fixed in: Firefox 83
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-52: CVE-2020-26968
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-26968 [HIGH] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-52: CVE-2020-26968
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-52
CVE: CVE-2020-26968
Product: Thunderbird
Impact: high
Fixed in: Thunderbird 78.5
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1551615%2C1607762%2C1656697%2C1657739%2C1660236%2C1667912%2C1671479%2C1671923https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1551615%2C1607762%2C1656697%2C1657739%2C1660236%2C1667912%2C1671479%2C1671923https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/
2020-12-09
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