CVE-2020-26972

Published Jan 7, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
The lifecycle of IPC Actors allows managed actors to outlive their manager actors; and the former must ensure that they are not attempting to use a dead actor they have a reference to. Such a check was omitted in WebGL, resulting in a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 84.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-19496 The lifecycle of IPC Actors allows managed actors to outlive their manager actors; and the former must ensure that they are not attempting to use a dead actor they have a reference to. Such a check was omitted in WebGL, resulting in a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 84.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4671-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:03 PM
Reserved
Oct 12, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 7, 2021, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:08 AM