Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <0:68.11.0-1.el8_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FIREFOX-3799374
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Apr 2020

Introduced: 21 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-6463  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 firefox to version 0:68.11.0-1.el8_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:3241.

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.

Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.122 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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