Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <83.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE319-FIREFOX-6108261
  • published8 Dec 2023
  • disclosed9 Dec 2020

Introduced: 9 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-26959  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.19 firefox to version 83.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.19 relevant fixed versions and status.

During browser shutdown, reference decrementing could have occured on a previously freed object, resulting in a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1