Information Exposure Affecting firefox package, versions <0:78.6.0-1.el8_2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FIREFOX-3854571
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Dec 2020

Introduced: 2 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-16042  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 firefox to version 0:78.6.0-1.el8_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:5563.

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.

Uninitialized Use in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Base Scores

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