CVE-2020-12426
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CVE-2020-12426 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.8/10 on the CVSS scale. Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 77. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. EPSS estimates a 1.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 77. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 78.0 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.2 |
References
- 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/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1608068%2C1609951%2C1631187%2C1637682Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/Vendor 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/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1608068%2C1609951%2C1631187%2C1637682Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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