Vulnerability · Published Aug 10, 2020 · Assigned by mozilla
CVE-2020-15653
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 1.4% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An iframe sandbox element with the allow-popups flag could be bypassed when using noopener links. This could have led to security issues for websites relying on sandbox configurations that allowed popups and hosted arbitrary content. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | firefox | 79.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15653 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | firefox | 79.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15653 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | firefox | 79.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15653 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | firefox | 79.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15653 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | firefox-esr | 78.1.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15653 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | firefox-esr | 78.1.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15653 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | firefox-esr | 78.1.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15653 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | firefox-esr | 78.1.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15653 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | librewolf | 79.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15653 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | librewolf | 79.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15653 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | librewolf | 79.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15653 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | librewolf | 79.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15653 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | unspecified – before 78.1 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | unspecified – before 79 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | unspecified – before 78.1 |
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1521542 x_refsource_MISC
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1189 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- USN-4443-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU