Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <81.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.88% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-FIREFOX-1013284
  • published26 Sept 2020
  • disclosed1 Oct 2020

Introduced: 26 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-15678  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 firefox to version 81.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 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:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

When recursing through graphical layers while scrolling, an iterator may have become invalid, resulting in a potential use-after-free. This occurs because the function APZCTreeManager::ComputeClippedCompositionBounds did not follow iterator invalidation rules. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 81, Thunderbird < 78.3, and Firefox ESR < 78.3.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1