CVE-2020-6796
Mozilla: Missing bounds check on shared memory read in the parent process
Severity Score
8.8
*CVSS v3.1
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*EPSS
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*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
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*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
Un procesamiento de contenido podría haber modificado una memoria compartida relacionada con la información de los reportes de bloqueos de aplicación, el bloqueo en sí mismo, y causar una escritura fuera de límites. Esto podría haber causado una corrupción de memoria y un bloqueo potencialmente explotable. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox versiones anteriores a 73 y Firefox versiones anteriores a ESR68.5.
*Credits:
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Timeline
- 2020-01-10 CVE Reserved
- 2020-02-14 CVE Published
- 2024-01-04 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
References (6)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02 | 2020-03-12 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4278-2 | 2020-03-12 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05 | 2020-03-12 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-06 | 2020-03-12 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6796 | 2020-02-18 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1801916 | 2020-02-18 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 73.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 73.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | < 68.5.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 68.5.0" | - |
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