CVE-2020-12418
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CVE-2020-12418 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. Manipulating individual parts of a URL object could have caused an out-of-bounds read, leaking process memory to malicious JavaScript. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.10, Firefox < 78, and Thunderbird < 68.10.0.. EPSS estimates a 3.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Manipulating individual parts of a URL object could have caused an out-of-bounds read, leaking process memory to malicious JavaScript. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.10, Firefox < 78, and Thunderbird < 68.10.0.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 78.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | < 68.10 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 68.10.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 19.10 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 20.04 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.2 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1641303Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-09Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-25/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-26/Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1641303Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-09Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-25/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-26/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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