CVE-2020-6825

Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 75 and Firefox ESR 68.7

Published Apr 24, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla developers and community members Tyson Smith and Christian Holler reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 74 and Firefox ESR 68.6. 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 Thunderbird < 68.7.0, Firefox ESR < 68.7, and Firefox < 75.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2170-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2172-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4655-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4656-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-27969 Mozilla developers and community members Tyson Smith and Christian Holler reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 74 and Firefox ESR 68.6. 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 Thunderbird < 68.7.0, Firefox ESR < 68.7, and Firefox < 75.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4323-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4328-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4335-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00696}

epss

{'score': 0.00701}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 9:11 AM
Reserved
Jan 10, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 24, 2020, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:23 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Apr 8, 2020, 12:00 AM