Out-of-bounds Write Affecting firefox package, versions <0:68.5.0-2.el8_1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.59% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FIREFOX-3664631
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Feb 2020

Introduced: 11 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-6796  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 firefox to version 0:68.5.0-2.el8_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:0512.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write. This could have caused memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 73 and Firefox < ESR68.5.

CVSS Scores

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