Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting mozilla package, versions [,78.1)(78.1,79.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378736
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed10 Aug 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-15657  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-427  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 78.1, 79.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Firefox could be made to load attacker-supplied DLL files from the installation directory. This required an attacker that is already capable of placing files in the installation directory. Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.

CVSS Scores

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