Vulnerability · Published Jan 7, 2021 · Assigned by mozilla

CVE-2020-26977

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-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 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 41.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

By attempting to connect a website using an unresponsive port, an attacker could have controlled the content of a tab while the URL bar displayed the original domain. *Note: This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 84.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20firefox84.0.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-26977
Alpine:v3.21firefox84.0.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-26977
Alpine:v3.22firefox84.0.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-26977
Alpine:v3.23firefox84.0.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-26977
Alpine:v3.21librewolf84.0.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-26977
Alpine:v3.22librewolf84.0.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-26977
Alpine:v3.23librewolf84.0.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-26977
Alpine:v3.24librewolf84.0.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-26977

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Mozilla Firefox unspecified – before 84

References