CVE-2020-15657

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.

• CWE-427

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1644954Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1644954Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/Vendor Advisory

Published

Aug 10, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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