Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting firefox package, versions <0:78.2.0-2.el8_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-FIREFOX-2044004
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Jul 2020

Introduced: 28 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-15656  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 firefox to version 0:78.2.0-2.el8_2 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

JIT optimizations involving the Javascript arguments object could confuse later optimizations. This risk was already mitigated by various precautions in the code, resulting in this bug rated at only moderate severity. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1