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CVE-2020-6796

HIGH8.8

A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write

Published Mar 2, 2020

Modified 1 years ago

Fix available

Details

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.

Affected Packages

Firefox

Ubuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 16.04 LTSUbuntu 18.04 LTSUbuntu 20.04 LTSUbuntu 22.04 LTS

Fixed in:

73

Mozilla Firefox

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

Fixed in:

73

Mozilla Firefox ESR

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

Fixed in:

68.5

Firefox ESR

macOS 14macOS 15macOS 26

Fixed in:

68.5

References

WEBhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1610426 ADVISORYhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02 ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4278-2/ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6796 WEBhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/WEBhttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-06/

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

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(28)

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

Timeline

PublishedMar 2, 2020

ModifiedAug 4, 2024

CVE-2020-6796 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence