Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting firefox package, versions <77.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOX-570849
  • published2 Jun 2020
  • disclosed9 Jul 2020

Introduced: 2 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-12408  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable firefox to version 77.0-1 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.

When browsing a document hosted on an IP address, an attacker could insert certain characters to flip domain and path information in the address bar. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 77.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1