Information Exposure Affecting firefox package, versions <0:68.10.0-1.el7_8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.24% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-FIREFOX-2166889
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Jun 2020

Introduced: 30 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-12418  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 firefox to version 0:68.10.0-1.el7_8 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 Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Manipulating individual parts of a URL object could have caused an out-of-bounds read, leaking process memory to malicious JavaScript. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.10, Firefox < 78, and Thunderbird < 68.10.0.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1