CVE-2020-6814
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CVE-2020-6814 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox and Thunderbird 68.5. 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 1.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox and Thunderbird 68.5. 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 Thunderbird < 68.6, Firefox < 74, Firefox < ESR68.6, and Firefox ESR < 68.6.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 74.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | < 68.6.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 68.6.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 19.10 |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1592078%2C1604847%2C1608256%2C1612636%2C1614339Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-08/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-09/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-10/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1592078%2C1604847%2C1608256%2C1612636%2C1614339Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-08/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-09/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-10/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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