Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <75.0+build3-0ubuntu1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
3.37% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-FIREFOX-579646
  • published3 Apr 2020
  • disclosed24 Apr 2020

Introduced: 3 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-6819  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 firefox to version 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 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.

Under certain conditions, when running the nsDocShell destructor, a race condition can cause a use-after-free. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.7.0, Firefox < 74.0.1, and Firefox ESR < 68.6.1.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1