Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting firefox package, versions <79.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE319-FIREFOX-6108330
  • published8 Dec 2023
  • disclosed10 Aug 2020

Introduced: 10 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-15658  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-754  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.19 firefox to version 79.0-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.

The code for downloading files did not properly take care of special characters, which led to an attacker being able to cut off the file ending at an earlier position, leading to a different file type being downloaded than shown in the dialog. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.

CVSS Scores

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