CVE-2020-6796
published 2020-03-02CVE-2020-6796: A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write. This could have…
PriorityP337high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.55%
72.1th percentile
A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write. This could have caused memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 73 and Firefox < ESR68.5.
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | firefox | < firefox 73.0-1 (sid) | firefox 73.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | firefox-esr | < firefox 73.0-1 (sid) | firefox 73.0-1 (sid) |
| mozilla | firefox | < 73.0 | 73.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | >= unspecified < 73 | 73 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= unspecified < ESR68.5 | ESR68.5 |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | < 68.5.0 | 68.5.0 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_debian8.8HIGH
vendor_redhat8.8HIGH
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2020-02-26
CVE-2020-6796 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-4278-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the
corresponding update 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, conduct cross-site scripting
(XSS) attacks, or execute arbitrary code.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2020-02-13
CVE-2020-6796 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, conduct cross-site scripting
(XSS) 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: Missing bounds check on shared memory read in the parent process
vendor_redhat·2020-02-11·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-6796 [HIGH] CWE-787 Mozilla: Missing bounds check on shared memory read in the parent process
Mozilla: Missing bounds check on shared memory read in the parent process
A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write. This could have caused memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 73 and Firefox < ESR68.5.
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Out of support scope
Debian
CVE-2020-6796: firefox - A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting ...
vendor_debian·2020·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-6796 [HIGH] CVE-2020-6796: firefox - A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting ...
A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write. This could have caused memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 73 and Firefox < ESR68.5.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 73.0-1)
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-06: CVE-2020-6796
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-6796 [HIGH] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-06: CVE-2020-6796
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-06
CVE: CVE-2020-6796
Product: Firefox ESR
Impact: high
Fixed in: Firefox ESR 68.5
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-05: CVE-2020-6796
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-6796 [HIGH] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-05: CVE-2020-6796
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-05
CVE: CVE-2020-6796
Product: Firefox
Impact: high
Fixed in: Firefox 73
GHSA
GHSA-mx5h-crf7-xxv9: A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-6796 [MEDIUM] GHSA-mx5h-crf7-xxv9: A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write
A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write. This could have caused memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 73 and Firefox < ESR68.5.
OSV
CVE-2020-6796: A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write
osv·2020-03-02·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-6796 [HIGH] CVE-2020-6796: A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write
A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write. This could have caused memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 73 and Firefox < ESR68.5.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1610426https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02https://usn.ubuntu.com/4278-2/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-06/https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1610426https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02https://usn.ubuntu.com/4278-2/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-06/
2020-03-02
Published