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CVE-2020-12416 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2020-12416

CVE-2020-12416

HIGH8.8

A VideoStreamEncoder may have been freed in a race condition with VideoBroadcaster::AddOrUpdateSink, resulting in a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash

Published Jul 9, 2020

Modified 1 years ago

Fix available

Details

A VideoStreamEncoder may have been freed in a race condition with VideoBroadcaster::AddOrUpdateSink, resulting in a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.

Affected Packages

Firefox

Ubuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 16.04 LTSUbuntu 18.04 LTSUbuntu 20.04 LTSUbuntu 22.04 LTS

Fixed in:

78

Mozilla Firefox

Windows 10 (1507)Windows 10 (1607) / Server 2016Windows 10 (1809) / Server 2019Windows 10 (1903)Windows 10 (1909)

Fixed in:

78

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.html

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1639734

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12416

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

8.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

8.8/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems(30)

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Timeline

PublishedJul 9, 2020

ModifiedAug 4, 2024