Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <74.0.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Attacked
EPSS
2.97% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOX-564392
  • published3 Apr 2020
  • disclosed24 Apr 2020

Introduced: 3 Apr 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable firefox to version 74.0.1-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable 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 Base Scores

version 3.1