Improper Input Validation Affecting mozilla package, versions [,68.5.0)(68.5.0,73.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377381
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 Mar 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-6797  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 68.5.0, 73.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. By downloading a file with the .fileloc extension, a semi-privileged extension could launch an arbitrary application on the user's computer. The attacker is restricted as they are unable to download non-quarantined files or supply command line arguments to the application, limiting the impact. Note: this issue only occurs on Mac OSX. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5, Firefox < 73, and Firefox < ESR68.5.

CVSS Scores

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