Information Exposure Affecting firefox package, versions <0:78.6.0-1.el8_3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-FIREFOX-2086954
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Dec 2020

Introduced: 2 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-16042  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 firefox to version 0:78.6.0-1.el8_3 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.

Uninitialized Use in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

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