CVE-2020-15681 Affecting firefox package, versions <82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-FIREFOX-1021169
  • published23 Oct 2020
  • disclosed22 Oct 2020

Introduced: 22 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-15681  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 firefox to version 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

When multiple WASM threads had a reference to a module, and were looking up exported functions, one WASM thread could have overwritten another's entry in a shared stub table, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 82.

CVSS Scores

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