CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-15669

When aborting an operation, such as a fetch, an abort signal may be deleted while alerting the objects to be notified. This results in a use-after-free and we presume that with enough effort it could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.12 and Thunderbird < 68.12.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-40/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1656957 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-37/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-10-01 07:15

Updated : 2020-10-02 07:02

NVD link : CVE-2020-15669

Mitre link : CVE-2020-15669

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-416