Use After Free Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <68.6.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
11.97% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE320-FIREFOXESR-7010339
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed24 Apr 2020

Introduced: 24 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-6819  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 firefox-esr to version 68.6.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

Under certain conditions, when running the nsDocShell destructor, a race condition can cause a use-after-free. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.7.0, Firefox < 74.0.1, and Firefox ESR < 68.6.1.

CVSS Scores

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