Double Free Affecting librewolf package, versions <74.0.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
1.07% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-LIBREWOLF-8487249
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed24 Apr 2020

Introduced: 24 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-6820  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 librewolf to version 74.0.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream librewolf package and not the librewolf package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

Under certain conditions, when handling a ReadableStream, 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

version 3.1