Vulnerability · Published Jul 9, 2020 · Assigned by mozilla
CVE-2020-12426
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Firefox from Mozilla. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 77. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | firefox | 78.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12426 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | firefox | 78.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12426 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | firefox | 78.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12426 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | firefox | 78.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12426 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | librewolf | 78.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12426 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | librewolf | 78.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12426 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | librewolf | 78.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12426 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | librewolf | 78.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-12426 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1608068%2C1609951%2C1631187%2C1637682 x_refsource_MISC
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0983 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1017 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- GLSA-202007-10 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO