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CVE-2020-15656

Mozilla: Type confusion for special arguments in IonMonkey

Severity Score

8.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

JIT optimizations involving the Javascript arguments object could confuse later optimizations. This risk was already mitigated by various precautions in the code, resulting in this bug rated at only moderate severity. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.

Las optimizaciones JIT que involucran el objeto de argumentos de Javascript podrían confundir optimizaciones posteriores. Este riesgo ya fue mitigado por varias precauciones en el código, resultando en este error calificado con una severidad moderada. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox ESR versiones anteriores a 78.1, Firefox versiones anteriores a 79 y Thunderbird versiones anteriores a 78.1

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2020-07-10 CVE Reserved
  • 2020-07-30 CVE Published
  • 2024-07-17 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Mozilla
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Firefox
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< 79.0
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-
Affected
Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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< 78.1
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-
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Mozilla
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Thunderbird
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< 78.1
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-
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Opensuse
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Leap
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15.2
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-
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Canonical
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Ubuntu Linux
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16.04
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esm
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Canonical
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Ubuntu Linux
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18.04
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lts
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Canonical
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Ubuntu Linux
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20.04
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lts
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