CVE-2020-26979

Published Jan 7, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
When a user typed a URL in the address bar or the search bar and quickly hit the enter key, a website could sometimes capture that event and then redirect the user before navigation occurred to the desired, entered address. To construct a convincing spoof the attacker would have had to guess what the user was typing, perhaps by suggesting it. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 84.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-19503 When a user typed a URL in the address bar or the search bar and quickly hit the enter key, a website could sometimes capture that event and then redirect the user before navigation occurred to the desired, entered address. To construct a convincing spoof the attacker would have had to guess what the user was typing, perhaps by suggesting it. 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