Double Free Affecting mozilla package, versions [,68.6.1)(68.6.1,68.7.0)(68.7.0,74.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
1.07% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377978
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Apr 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-6820  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 68.6.1, 68.7.0, 74.0.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Double Free. Under certain conditions, when handling a ReadableStream, 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

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