CVE-2020-6801
published 2020-03-02CVE-2020-6801: Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 72. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough…
PriorityP337high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.38%
68.7th percentile
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 72. 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 < 73.
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | firefox | < firefox 73.0-1 (sid) | firefox 73.0-1 (sid) |
| mozilla | firefox | < 73.0 | 73.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 73.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | 73.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 73.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 73.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= unspecified < 73 | 73 |
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: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 73
vendor_redhat·2020-02-11·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-6801 [HIGH] CWE-120 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 73
Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 73
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 72. 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 < 73.
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Out of support scope
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2020-6801: firefox - Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 72. Some of th...
vendor_debian·2020·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-6801 [HIGH] CVE-2020-6801: firefox - Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 72. Some of th...
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 72. 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 < 73.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 73.0-1)
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-05: CVE-2020-6801
vendor_mozilla·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-6801 [HIGH] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-05: CVE-2020-6801
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-05
CVE: CVE-2020-6801
Product: Firefox
Impact: high
Fixed in: Firefox 73
GHSA
GHSA-gx87-4m2g-vcf2: Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 72
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-6801 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 GHSA-gx87-4m2g-vcf2: Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 72
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 72. 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 < 73.
OSV
CVE-2020-6801: Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 72
osv·2020-02-11·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-6801 [HIGH] CVE-2020-6801: Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 72
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 72. 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 < 73.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1601024%2C1601712%2C1604836%2C1606492https://usn.ubuntu.com/4278-2/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1601024%2C1601712%2C1604836%2C1606492https://usn.ubuntu.com/4278-2/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/
2020-03-02
Published