CVE-2020-6796
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CVE-2020-6796 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.8/10 on the CVSS scale. A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write. This could have caused memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. EPSS estimates a 1.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write. This could have caused memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 73 and Firefox < ESR68.5.
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 | < 73.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | < 68.5.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1610426Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-06/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1610426Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-06/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
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- Status
- Modified
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