Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting firefox package, versions <0:78.3.0-1.0.1.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-FIREFOX-2562251
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Aug 2020

Introduced: 10 Aug 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 firefox to version 0:78.3.0-1.0.1.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-4080.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 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

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