Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <0:78.4.0-2.el6_10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-FIREFOX-1526361
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed6 Oct 2020

Introduced: 6 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-15969  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 firefox to version 0:78.4.0-2.el6_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4330.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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